The Free Electric Band-Albert Hammond

[ti:The Free Electric Band] [ar:Albert Hammond Jr] [al:The Very Best Of - It Never Ra] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Free Electric Band - Albert Hammond [00:10.34]My father is a doctor [00:12.55]He's a family man [00:14.53] [00:15.15]My mother works for charity [00:17.73]Whenever she can [00:19.32] [00:20.07]They're both good clean Americans [00:22.17]Who abide by the law [00:24.98]And they both stick up for liberty [00:27.33]And they both support the war [00:29.09] [00:29.79]My happiness was paid for [00:31.91]When they laid their money down [00:34.50]For summers in a summer camp [00:37.15]And winters in the tow [00:38.91] [00:39.59]My future in the system [00:42.08]Was talked about and planned [00:44.62]But I gave it up for music [00:46.99]And the free electric band [00:50.20] [00:57.92]I went to school in hand-washed shirts [01:00.38]With neatly ordered hair [01:02.16] [01:02.72]And the school was big and newly built [01:05.36]And filled with light and air [01:07.62]And the teacher taught us values [01:09.97]That we had to learn to keep [01:11.96] [01:12.52]And he clipped the ear of many idle kid who went to sleep [01:17.32]Then my father organized for me a college in the east [01:22.30]But I went to California [01:24.83]The sunshine and the beach [01:26.76] [01:27.29]My parents and my lecturers could never understand [01:31.65] [01:32.21]Why I gave it up for music [01:34.56]And the free electric band [01:37.69] [01:40.77]Well they used to sit [01:41.93]And speculate upon their son's career [01:45.02] [01:45.65]A lawyer or a doctor or a civil engineer [01:49.72] [01:50.48]Just give me bread and water [01:52.87]Put a guitar in my hand [01:55.62]'Cause all I need is music [01:57.91]And the free electric band [02:00.91] [02:08.72]My father sent me money [02:10.60]And I spent it very fast [02:13.03] [02:13.60]On a girl I met in Berkeley in a social science class [02:18.25]Yes and we learnt about her body [02:20.66]But her mind we didn't know [02:23.28]Until deep rooted attitudes [02:25.88]And morals began to show [02:28.18]She wanted to get married [02:30.47]Even though she never said [02:32.53] [02:33.04]But I knew her well enough by [02:35.09]Now to see inside her head [02:37.78]She'd settle for suburbia [02:40.17]And a little patch of land [02:42.69]So I gave her up for music [02:44.75] [02:45.48]And the free electric band [02:47.37] [02:53.74]The free electric band [02:55.54] [02:58.56]The free electric band [03:00.37] [03:03.22]The free electric band [03:05.09] [03:07.92]The free electric band [03:09.98] [03:12.72]The free electric band [03:14.72] [03:17.62]The free electric band