Can't wipe the wind-blown smile from across my face It's just the old man in me Washing his truck at the Sinclair station In the land of the free His mother Adeline's family came on a ship Cut coal and planted a seed Down in them drift mines of Pennsylvania In the land of the free Land of the free, land of the free In the land of the free Land of the free, land of the free Land of the free, land of the free In the land of the free (I'm standing crying) When I go out in my car, I don't think twice But if you're the wrong color skin (I'm standing crying) You grow up looking over both your shoulders In the land of the free We got more people locked up than the rest of the world Right here in red, white and blue (I'm standing crying) Incarceration's become big business It's harvest time out on the avenue Land of the free, land of the free In the land of the free Land of the free, land of the free Move on there's nothing to see Land of the free, land of the free In the land of the free I'm standing crying I'm standing crying So how many daughters, tell me how many sons Do we have to put in the ground Before we just break down and face it We got a problem with guns In the land of the free Down at the border, they're gonna put up a wall Concrete and rebar steel beams (I'm standing crying) High enough to keep all those filthy hands off Of our hopes and our dreams (I'm standing crying) People who just want the same things we do In the land of the free Land of the free, land of the free In the land of the free Land of the free, land of the free Land of the free, land of the free In the land of the free Land of the free, land of the free Land of the free, land of the free Land of the free, land of the free In the land of the free (I'm standing crying)

We're building up a kingdom We pray it never falls I can lose my temper You can put up walls And I hate when it gets serious It's like we're going blind Take the needle off the record I can't stand another chorus About Juliet's control over mystified mankind But I can't get you out of my mind To get you out of my bed To get you out of my heart And my head Oh, we're falling Oh, we're falling Storm the gates of Graceland To make you realize Went back-to-back with Springsteen You turned and rolled your eyes So I told you about McCartney That's a heavy name to drop You say you don't need confirmation But I don't know if I can stop 'Cause I can't get you out of my mind To get you out of my bed To get you out of my heart And my head Oh, we're falling Oh, we're falling Oh, we're falling Oh, we're falling Oh, we're falling Oh, we're falling

You're looking for a way out, I can feel it Come on, show me where it hurts, maybe I can heal it Your feelings are your own, now you keep them under lock and key You've got me driving through the streets for an answer to the mystery The world's still awake on Charleston Avenue Outside that vacant starlight motel I see you Laughing with your girlfriends Not a care in the world Not a burden on your mind It was a matter of time There's a panic in this house and it's bound to surface Just walking through the front door makes me nervous It's creeping up the floorboards, got me wondering where I stand I cannot put out the fire, I've got a book of matches in my hand When we first met, headstrong and filled with doubt Made just enough, hustling tables, that summer to take you out I was falling back on forever When you told me about your heart You laid it on the line Laughing with your girlfriends Not a care in the world Not a burden on your mind You're hanging on the line! It was just a matter It was a matter of time We'd find ourselves a place, we belong in this forever Ain't that what it's all about? Make the promise and keep it Come hell or high water We'd figure it out It was the night, it was the moon It was the green grass in the garden The victory and the sin I know you're weary, look at me Flailing in the corner Here's the towel Go on, throw it in It was a matter of time Can't you see that it's tearing me up inside? Look what's laying at our feet That's the wreckage of broken dreams And burned out halos And it's here on our street

Looking at my window, an angel enrobed Appeared and nearly pulled me apart A million miles of freedom, a million miles of road But I still don't know where to start She wrote her number down and she gave it to me They had to scrape me off the floor In this transient town, waiters and dealers Trying to get their feet in the door That night I called her and she said "Daddy, daddy, daddy, all my life I've been trying to find my place in the world" I said to her, "Baby, baby, baby, I've got all night To listen to the heart of a girl" I can see the time dripping down the clock We've been trying to hear that ancient refrain It's the one that knows us when our heads are down And reminds us of the place from where we came Where we came "Daddy, daddy, daddy, all my life I've been trying to find my place in the world" "Baby, baby, baby, I've got all night To listen to the heart of a girl" What happened here, what is this world? It's too far from the heart of a girl A ripple in the water from the drop of a pearl I'm on the shore waiting for the heart of a girl Many doors, knock on one Standing still, time is raging Staring down the mouth of a hundred thousand guns And you're still here, you're still here I believe that we never have to be alone Yes, I believe it's just around the bend You can hold it in or you can scream it on a microphone There is no end, there is no end Come on Deep in the night I feel the presence Of something that was long ago told to me There is a hand guiding the river The river to wide open sea And deep in my heart, in any game On any mountain, oh, I'm not afraid Standing on stone, you stand beside me And honor the plans that were made

When I offer you survival You say it's hard enough to live It's not so bad, it's not so bad How do you know that you're right? I awoke on the roadside In the land of the free ride And I can't pull it any longer The sun is beating down my neck So I ran with the devil Left a trail of excuses Like a stone on the water The elements decide my fate Watch it go (Bling) When I offer you survival You say it's hard enough to live Don't tell me that it's over, stand up Poor and tired, but more than this How do you know that you're right? If you're not nervous anymore It's not so bad, it's not so bad I feel my vision slipping in and out of focus But I'm pushing on for that horizon I'm pushing on Now I've got that blowing wind against my face So you sling rocks at the riptide Am I wrong or am I right? I hit the bottom with a "huh!", quite strange I get my glory in the desert rain Watch it go (When I offer you survival) (Bling) When I offer you survival You say it's hard enough to live And I'll tell you when it's over, shut up Poor and tired, but more than this How do you know that you're right? If you're not nervous anymore It's not so bad, it's not so bad Higher and higher We're gonna take it down to the wire We're gonna make it out of the fire Higher and higher, higher and higher We're gonna take it, down to the wire We're gonna make it, out of the fire Higher and higher, higher and higher We're gonna take it down to the wire We're gonna make it out, whoa-oh-oh Higher and higher It ain't hard to hold When it shines like gold You'll remember me

Jersey made, I was born and raised in the garden state And my mama prayed I would trust in God Growing up is hard so I made mistakes In the DMV getting my degree It was fun and games all 'fore the drinking again, oh I tried to fit in but didn't I'm different, yeah, I know (know) The houses I stayed in were great But they never felt like home (so) I'm going cross country I won't stop running 'til I find where I belong I'm going cross country Know they might judge me, I ain't gotta prove 'em wrong 'Cause I know it's okay to be in my own lane When I'm doing what they say can't be done I'm going cross country I won't stop running 'til I find where I belong (where I belong) Went to ATL where the nights are long Wrote a thousand songs that will never sell 'Til I dropped the bomb that would put me on Did it by myself, uh Heard the living's good out in Hollywood Thought I might as well, uh And I signed a deal (oh) I tried to fit in but didn't I'm different, yeah, I know (know) The houses I stayed in were great But they never felt like home (so) I'm going cross country I won't stop running 'til I find where I belong (I belong) I'm going cross country Know they might judge me I ain't gotta prove 'em wrong (prove 'em wrong) 'Cause I know it's okay to be in my own lane When I'm doing what they say can't be done I'm going cross country I won't stop running 'til I find where I belong (where I belong) Cross country I won't stop running 'til I find where I belong I'm going cross country Know they might judge me But I ain't gotta, I ain't gotta prove them wrong Ooh, ooh Ooh, oh-oh Ooh, ooh Ooh, oh-oh

Standing by the blinds Above the city lights A junkie for your touch Dressing up for the night The winter sky is clear Passing faceless silhouettes Counting wasted years Like burnt out cigarettes Where are you now? I have to carry the cross Where are you now? You're the greatest loss Falling like a flake In a snowstorm ball Where every little shake Makes a blizzard of it all Where are you now? I have to carry the cross Where are you now? You're the greatest loss