She told me the story I listened with my eyes closed / So sad, but so true / She whispered softly, I asked her why she did so / She knew that I knew / She was a skater, the ice was her second home / The country's finest, everyone could see / She had a plan to break across the border> / Instead of waiting for the powers that be / Cry freedom, sweet freedom / And tell the whole world to get ready / Cry freedom, sweet freedom / Now tell the whole world that we're ready / She said goodnight, and just as I was leaving Black car came into view / And waiting there, they could hear me breathing The knew that I knew / Cry freedom... / Insane questions, they asked me what did I know / So strange, they let me go / The more they try, the stronger our love grows I know that you know / Cry freedom...