I Want You Free Lyrics - Jean Shepard

If my words should ever strike you like the rattlin' of chains 

And my voice should ever make you long for trains and boats and planes 

May I live a million years and never feel your touch again 

I want you free I want you only if and when you want me 

[ ac.guitar ] 

If you ever get to feeling that you've stayed away too long 

And something I have said makes you dread just coming home 

May I live a lonely life without a love to call my own 

I want you free I want you only if and when you want me 

I want you free I want you free unwilling love ain't good enough for me 

Though heaven knows I love your lovin' me I want you free I want you free 

[ ac.guitar ] 

If you ever cease you love me never think that I won't know 

If you ever come to me just cause there's no place else to go 

May the next one that you love destroy your spirit and your soul 

I want you free I want you only if and when you want me 

I want you free...