The Free Electric Band-Albert Hammond

[ti:The Free Electric Band] [ar:Albert Hammond Jr] [al:Legend] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Free Electric Band - Albert Hammond [00:14.51]My father is a doctor he's a family man [00:18.29] [00:19.24]My mother works for charity whenever she can [00:22.86] [00:23.99]They're both good clean Americans [00:25.69] [00:26.45]Who abide by the law [00:28.09] [00:28.88]And they both stick up for liberty [00:31.25]And they both support the war [00:33.04] [00:33.79]My happiness was paid for [00:35.87]When they laid their money down [00:37.76] [00:38.72]For summers in a summer camp [00:41.16]And winters in the town [00:42.60] [00:43.56]My future in the system was talked about and planned [00:47.54] [00:48.11]But I gave it up for music [00:50.17]And the free electric band [00:52.29] [01:01.74]I went to school in hand-washed shirts [01:04.29]With neatly ordered hair [01:05.57] [01:06.44]And the school was big [01:07.97]And newly built and filled with light and air [01:10.55] [01:11.26]And the teacher taught us values [01:13.17]That we had to learn to keep [01:15.37] [01:16.10]And he clipped the ear [01:17.65]Of many idle kid who went to sleep [01:19.93] [01:21.07]Then my father organised [01:22.04] [01:22.73]For me a college in the east [01:24.88] [01:25.90]But I went to California the sunshine and the beach [01:29.73] [01:30.79]My parents and my lecturers could never understand [01:34.42] [01:35.41]Why I gave it up for music [01:37.53]And the free electric band [01:39.39] [01:43.87]Well they used to sit [01:45.58]And speculate upon their son's career [01:47.92] [01:48.95]A lawyer or a doctor or a civil engineer [01:53.12] [01:53.69]Just give me bread and water [01:55.60]Put a guitar in my hand [01:57.85] [01:58.65]'Cause all I need is music [02:00.64]And the free electric band [02:02.44] [02:11.86]My father sent me money [02:13.97]And I spent it very fast [02:15.87] [02:16.75]On a girl I met in Berkeley [02:19.15]In a social science class [02:20.71] [02:21.61]Yes and we learnt about her body [02:23.70]But her mind we didn't know [02:25.43] [02:26.54]Until deep rooted attitudes [02:28.21] [02:28.75]And morals began to show [02:30.40] [02:31.33]She wanted to get married [02:32.74] [02:33.58]Even though she never said [02:35.21] [02:36.17]But I knew her well enough [02:38.00]By now to see inside her head [02:40.06] [02:41.01]She'd settle for suburbia [02:42.40] [02:43.49]And a little patch of land [02:45.60]So I gave her up [02:47.07]For music and the free electric band