I Wanna Be Free - Darrell Scott

Sally took a ride with my kid brother

Made her sister swear that she wouldn’t tell her mother

Drove to the desert, got a room with a pool outside

And a truck stop right next door

They drank sweet wine with the sheets pulled down

Watching color TV without the sound

Oh, brother brought Sally to a place

She’d never been before

(I wanna be free, Lord, I wanna be free)

They drove back home in the light of day

She was sitting beside him holding hands all the way

Brother said, «I will talk to your mom

If you want me to Do you think it’ll do any good, Sally?»

She had him drop her off at the side of the house

When she walked through the door

Momma woke up on the couch

And started hitting and screaming

Little sister just left the room

(I wanna be free, Lord, I wanna be free)

You can’t touch me You can’t reach me There is nothing

You can teach me Sally packed her bags in the middle of the night

And hugged her little sister?

neath the front porch light

And she watched as Sally and my brother just drove away

Into the heat of the night

She went back inside and lay down on her bed

With a vision of her future

Running?

round in her head

And she held to her pillow

?Cause she thought that she would blow away

(I wanna be free, Lord, I wanna be free)

You can’t touch me You can’t reach me There is nothing

You can teach me I know better

You don’t love me, but

I am worthy

I’m somebody