The So-Called Free

I went to Long Island Look at a diamond ring It sparkled so bright in the window But to me it didn't mean a thing Both of us are sailors And our words were noise on a wing Some lovers would buy it And call it their wedding ring And you recognize the danger That you saw inside of me So we both took a different road home And said "Hello" and "Goodbye" To the land of the so-called free Now you got some change Jingling around in your purse You used to call me a mean ol' daddy But what made matters worse You were just as crazy Just as crazy as me Two monsters laid out naked Don't make no family And we both saw the danger Like the skin across our skinned-up knees We we're both worthless as money In the land of the so-called free A relative of mine Took a gun to his head Life's just too boring Is what his little note said A permanent solution To a temporary thought No heroes nowhere No dreams could be caught He recognized the danger So no happiness please He was just getting even with someone In the land of the so-called free There's a song you could sing When you're feeling down Has a sweet little melody To take away your frown It's sort of repetitious Says something about being free Seems to make sense to a lot of people But it makes no sense to me I recognize the danger Of all these false prophecies Just leaning on a cane on the corner In the land of the so-called free In the land of the so-called free