I Wanna Be Free

You know I don't mind working

And standing on my feet

'Cause I got nine children

And they sure got to eat

And I don't mind working

My fingers to the bone, hey

But now you're saying you got to let me go

When my work is done

I wanna be free

I wanna be free, yeah

So now take away these chains that are binding me

Because I wanna be, hey, free, yeah

Now every month I get bills

That my wife is paying

But somehow, boy, they got to be paid

And I got to keep on working

To have a decent house, hey, you know

Got to keep the bread in my children's mouth

I wanna be free

I wanna be free, yeah

So now take away these chains that are binding me

Because I wanna be, hey, free

You know the harder I work

The faster my money goes

So from now on, gotta tell you, boy

I gotta take it slow

And it may start to be so hard to work

To be something I lack, huh

And all I ever get is a pat on my back

I wanna be free

I just got to be free, yeah

So mister, take away these chains that are binding me

Because I wanna be, yeah, free, yeah

Take these chains off of me, yeah

I wanna be free, yeah

Mister, take these chains off of me, yeah

I wanna, I wanna be free, yeah