To Be Free-Strawbs

[ti:To Be Free] [ar:The Strawbs] [al:A Choice Selection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]To Be Free - The Strawbs [00:18.00]The gilt-edged invitation came [00:20.08]And I said "What can this mean [00:21.78]To attend the coronation [00:23.43]As the first guest of the Queen [00:24.97] [00:25.60]And sit upon her right hand [00:27.43]Where the Prince is mostly seen [00:28.79] [00:29.57]The maids of honour stared at me [00:31.81]And register surprised [00:32.80] [00:33.51]To see a man of such good taste [00:35.77]Appear before their eyes [00:37.41]Now being rather humble [00:39.23]I adopted a disguise [00:40.73] [00:41.32]As the Minister of State [00:42.97]For Mass Environment Controls [00:44.31] [00:45.40]Who condemn the working classes [00:47.27]For inhabiting the holes [00:48.52] [00:49.21]That belong to Queen and Country [00:51.27]But do not permit their souls [00:52.76] [00:53.45]To be free like me [00:55.69] [00:56.72]To be free like me [01:00.34]To be free [01:01.78] [01:09.60]The perspex chandelier [01:10.65]Began to melt and slip away [01:12.33] [01:13.14]One million candle-powered [01:14.49] [01:15.12]It kept the night at bay [01:16.55] [01:17.08]While the power station workers [01:19.02]Were busy making hay [01:20.40] [01:21.04]The workers in the fields [01:22.85]Were engaged in self-defence [01:24.18] [01:24.95]Which involved the use of barbed wire [01:27.21]As a self-containing fence [01:28.84]But as a means of self-protection [01:30.68]It was needlessly immense [01:32.02] [01:32.92]I stopped to ask them for a light [01:35.39]They pointed at the sun [01:36.93]Which raised their hopes of harvesting [01:39.07]A better crop than guns [01:40.83]Can ever mass-produce [01:42.35]At the expense of anyone [01:43.61] [01:44.23]Who is free like me [01:47.27] [01:47.82]Who is free like me [01:51.16] [01:52.12]Who is free [01:55.23] [03:03.04]The solitary peasant [03:03.96] [03:04.46]In his home above the lake [03:06.03] [03:06.68]Raised high on woooden stilts [03:08.35]Has made the singular mistake [03:10.28]Of revolutionary conduct [03:11.49]At the celebration wake [03:13.75] [03:14.32]His urban counterpart [03:15.69]Engaged in mundane occupation [03:17.34] [03:18.10]Enjoys the chance of laughing [03:19.99]At the Queen's humiliation [03:21.96]At the hands of Ministers of State [03:23.95]For Rehabilitation [03:25.75]Now the power station worker [03:27.54]Though his aim is too disjointed [03:29.70]Finds himself around the corner [03:31.42]While his gun is never pointed [03:32.82] [03:33.52]He is ever at the ready [03:35.18]He desires to be annointed [03:36.54] [03:37.15]And be free like me [03:39.73] [03:40.51]And be free like me [03:43.24] [03:44.04]And be free like me [03:46.89] [03:48.01]And be free