“You Can Make Me Free” provides a heavier follow-up to the previous track, but only on the original 1971 pressing of Cold Spring Harbor can the listener get the full effect of the song. Future remasters of the album (such as the 1983 remaster by original producer Artie Ripp) would truncate “You Can...
[Verse 1]
You can make me free
You can make me smile
You can make me be
Like a little child
You can melt the ice that chills my body
You can dry my every tear
You can make the lonely hours disappear
[Verse 2]
You can make me free
You can make me rise
You can make me see
So open up my eyes
Don't you know my only real moments
Are the ones I spend with you?
How I long to drink some wine again with you
[Chorus]
I can take to the skies
I can soar like a bird
With his heart full of song
Won't you color my eyes?
I've been waiting so long
[Verse 3]
You can make me free
You can make me cry
You can make it so much better
If you would only try
And if I must wait a lonely lifetime
Until I am with you, my love
I will wait, but you'll be what I'm dreaming of
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
I can take the skies
I can soar like a bird
With his heart full of song
Won't you color my eyes?
I've been waiting so long
[Verse 3]
You can make me free
You can make me cry
You can make it so much better
If you would only try
And if I must wait a lonely lifetime
Until I am with you, my love
I will wait, but you'll be what I'm dreaming of
[Outro]
You can make me free
You can make me cry
You can make it so much better if you would only try
You Can Make Me Free was written by Billy Joel.
You Can Make Me Free was produced by Artie Ripp.
Billy Joel released You Can Make Me Free on Mon Nov 01 1971.