Broken Freedom Song

Song Broken Freedom Song
Artist Kris Kristofferson
Album An Evening With Kris Kristofferson

Lyrics

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[00:15.74] Got a song about a soldier,
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[00:29.53] ridin' somewhere on a train
[00:33.15] empty sleeve pinned to his shoulder
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[00:36.58] and some pills to ease the pain
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[00:42.57] Started drinkin' in El Paso,
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[00:50.25] he was drunk in San Antone,
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[01:00.18] tellin' strangers who were sleepin'
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[01:03.61] how he hated goin' home
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[01:17.07] Just a simple song of freedom,
[01:18.69] he was never fightin' for,
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[01:23.56] no one's listenin' when you need 'em,
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[01:29.36] ain't no fun to sing that song no more.
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[01:45.41] Got a song about a sister,
[01:48.34] waitin' somewhere by the phone,
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[01:57.13] for some man who never missed her,
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[02:01.68] ever since he come and gone
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[02:09.30] And its harder for a woman,
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[02:15.56] with a baby on the way,
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[02:23.39] that's the price of bein' human,
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[02:28.83] when you're poor enough to pay,
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[02:36.34] So she listens to the freedom,
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[02:42.17] in the silence at her door
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[02:48.94] no one's missin' till you need 'em
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[02:57.32] ain't no fun to sing that song no more
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[03:09.43] Got a song about a Savior,
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[03:18.29] lookin' lonesome and afraid,
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[03:25.36] at a city full of strangers,
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[03:30.17] and a cross He never made
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[03:37.61] And He's sadder than He's wiser,
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[03:46.03] and a longer way from home,
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[03:54.53] and He wonders why His Father,
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[03:57.83] left Him bleeding and alone.
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[04:05.05] Just a broken song of freedom,
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[04:13.35] and the closing of a door,
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[04:19.37] no one's missin' till you need 'em
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[04:24.70] ain't no fun to sing that song no more.