I Want Freedom – Grand Funk Railroad

[Don:] Mel, hit that on the second intro.
[Mel: (muffled)]
[Don:] Yeah, I think it sounds better to stop it quick.
[Mel: (muffled)]
[Don:] Yeah.
[Mel: (muffled)]
[Don:] Okay, like you did, (noise) like you did, (noise) like you did, I’ll stop my cymbal quick, then, on the second intro.
[Mel: (muffled)]

[Don:] Alright, alright.
[?: (muffled)]
[Don:] The tape is rolling.
[?: (muffled)]
[Don:] Here we go. This is Grand Funk Railroad and here comes the count. One, …
[?:] Get on with it!
[Don:] One, two, three, four …

[musical intro]

[Don:] Cut! Why did you stop that? Let all of them ring. The second intro, the second time he goes … you know, in the song, when we go back into this part?
[Mel:] Yeah.
[Don:] That’s what I mean. The first …
[Mel: (muffled)]
[Don:] You know, like we’re coming out of … we’re coming out of: da, dum, da; da, dum, da; da, dum, da, dum, da, da, da, da, da … da … dratum, bap! Stop that one.
[Mel: (muffled)]
[Don:] That’s the only one.
[Mel: (muffled)]
[Don:] Just that one, let the rest of them ring. Okay. Here we go again, Grand Funk Railroad. Here we are … Buddy R. Review, right here on … on … Want me to get on with it?
[?:] Get on with it!
One, two, [pause] Tape is rolling? Okay … here we go … One, two, three, four …

…

[CHORUS]
Just let me take it, my mind can’t make it without …
I can’t take it, said I just can’t make it.
Just let me take it, my mind can’t make it without …
I can’t take it, so you best not take it.

I’ve been waitin’ for such, such a long, long time,
To tell you all about these feelings of mine.
Something tells me there just has to be a better day,
And that’s why I came here to say …

[CHORUS]

Growing up, I was free in my childhood years,
And now they tell me I can wash away my tears.
These tears explain the way, it’s the way that I feel,
Because the freedom they give me ain’t real.

[CHORUS]

[CHORUS]

I want freedom, the kind that they promised me,
Just for livin’ in this country.
I want the freedom, the kind that makes me feel strong,
But, let me tell you, something is wrong.

[CHORUS]

[HALF-CHORUS]