Free World Lyrics - All I Ever Wanted: The Anthology - Kirsty Maccoll

I thought of you 

When they closed down the school and the hospital too 

Did they think that you were better? They were wrong 

You had so many friends they all left you in the end 

'Cause they couldn't take the patter 

And I'll see you baby when the clans rise again 

Women and men united by a struggle going down 

You've got to walk into the water 

With your sister and your daughter in this free world 

If I wore your shades could I share your point of view? 

Could I make you feel better? Paint a picture, write a letter? 

Well I know what you're saying but I see the things you do 

And it's much too dangerous to get closer to you 

But I'll see you baby when the clans rise again 

Women and men united by the struggle going down 

With a pocketful of plastic like a dollar on elastic 

In this free world 

I wouldn't tell you if I didn't care 

I'll see you baby when the clans rise again 

Women and men united by the struggle 

And the ghettos are full of Mercedes Benz 

And you'd never hurt a friend who wouldn't tell you 

It's cold and it's gonna get colder 

You may not get much older, you're much too scared of living 

And to die is a reliable exit so you push it and you test it 

With thunder bird and rivin' 

And I'll see you baby when the clans rise again 

Women and men united in the struggle 

In this free world, baby got to take it, got to grab it 

Got to get it up and shag it in this free world 

Going down, you've got to get into the water 

Like a lamb goes to the slaughter in this free world 

Baby going down, with a pocketful of plastic like a dollar on elastic 

In this free world 

I wouldn't tell you if I didn't care