Prophets on the sidewalk begging for change
Cursing my name
I don't know why I say the things I say
I can't explain why we live this way
It's how they've always been and they intend to stay
Love will come, set me free, I do believe
Publisher: EMIGRANT MUSIC
We do it every day
Just to have it taken away
Slavery stitched to the fabric of my clothes
Love will come, set me free
Like a lung, it's filled with cold
A window and a pigeon with a broken wing
It's how they've always been and they intend to stay
Carrying their hurt and hatred and weapons
It could be a bomb, or a bullet or a pen
Old ladies laughing from the fire escape
You could spend your whole life working for something
Suffocating slow
There ain't no reason things are this way
Love will come, set me free, I know it will
Love will come, set me free, yes
Love I try to follow
Talking about nothing, not thinking 'bout death
But love will come, set me free
Keep on building bombs, gonna drop them all
Some things never change at all
People walk a tight rope on a razors edge
Love will come, set me free, I do believe
Preachers on the podiums speaking the sayings
Love will come, set me free, I know it will
Wearing paychecks like necklaces and bracelets
People walk around pushing back their debts
I can't explain why we live this way
They air on my skin in the world under my toes
There ain't no reason things are this way
Songwriter: Brett Dennen
Keep on building prisons, gonna fill them all
To argue the truth
But I say them anyway
Love will come, set me free, yes
There ain't no reason things are this way
Or thought, or a word or a sentence
It's how they've always been and they intend to stay
The politicians lie and I am not a fool
We do it every day
Prison walls still standing tall
Chaos and commotion wherever I go
The wind blows wild and I may move
I got a basket full of lemons and they all taste the same
Breaking your back, make you sell your soul
Working your fingers bare to the bone
Every little heartbeat, every little breath
You don't need no razor or a three piece suit