Neil Young
Neil Young
Neil Young
Neil Young
Neil Young
Neil Young
Neil Young
Neil Young
Neil Young
Neil Young
Neil Young
Neil Young
The live acoustic version of “Rockin' in the Free World” that opens Neil Young’s 1989 album Freedom. The more famous electric version closes it out, similar to how 1979’s Rust Never Sleeps opens and closes with My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue) and Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black).
[Verse 1]
There's colors on the street
Red, white and blue
People shuffling their feet
People sleeping in their shoes
But there's a warning sign on the road ahead
There's a lot of people saying we'd be better off dead
Don't feel like Satan, but I am to them
So I try to forget it any way I can
[Chorus]
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world
[Verse 2]
I see a woman in the night
With a baby in her hand
Under an old street light
Near a garbage can
Now she puts the kid away and she's gone to get a hit
She hates her life, and what she's done to it
There's one more kid that will never go to school
Never get to fall in love, never get to be cool
[Chorus]
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world
[Verse 3]
We got a thousand points of light
For the homeless man
We got a kinder, gentler machine gun hand
We got department stores and toilet paper
Got styrofoam boxes for the ozone layer
Got a man of the people, says keep hope alive
Got fuel to burn, got roads to drive
[Chorus]
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Rockin’ in the Free World (Live Acoustic) was written by Neil Young & Frank “Poncho” Sampedro.
Rockin’ in the Free World (Live Acoustic) was produced by Neil Young & Niko Bolas.
Neil Young released Rockin’ in the Free World (Live Acoustic) on Mon Oct 02 1989.