Free World Lyrics - Singles - Maccoll Kirsty

(Kirsty MacColl) 

I thought of you when they closed down the school 

And the hospital too 

Did they think that you were better? 

They were wrong 

You had so many friends 

They all left you in the end 

'Cause they couldn't stand the patter 

And I'll see you baby when the clans rise again 

Women and children united by a struggle 

Going down 

You've got to walk into the water 

With your sister and your daughter 

In this free world 

If I wore your shades could I share your point of view? 

Could I make you feel better? 

Paint a picture, write a letter? 

Well I know what you're saying 

But I see the things you do 

And it's much too dangerous 

To get closer to you 

And I'll see you baby when the clans rise again 

Women and children united by the struggle 

Going down 

With a pocketful of plastic 

Like a dollar on elastic 

In this free world 

(I wouldn't tell you if I didn't care) 

And I'll see you baby when the clans rise again 

Women and children united by the struggle 

And the ghettoes are full of Mercedes Benz 

And you'd never hurt a friend 

Who wouldn't tell you 

It's cold and it's going to get colder 

You may not get much older 

You're much too scared of living 

And to die is a reliable exit 

So you push it and you test it 

With 'Thunderbird' and 'Rivin' 

And I'll see you baby when the clans rise again 

Women and children united in the struggle 

In this free world baby 

Got to take it got to grab it 

Got to get it up and shag it 

In this free world 

Going down 

You've got to get into the water 

Like a lamb goes to the slaughter 

In this free world baby 

Going down 

With a pocketful of plastic 

Like a dollar on elastic 

In this free world 

(I wouldn't tell you if I didn't care)