One, two, one two three four
A heart of chain that she don’t need, caught a lovely flight
I tried to change for difference’s sake to something she might like
I fell in love before I knew her name, train, train, like a railroad train
That locomotive done come off track
Somewhere out in the dark of the night
Well there is no happiness being this free
Oh Lord won’t you tell me what you want me to be?
Sometimes it’s so hard just to act naturally
Oh Lord won’t you tell me what you want me to be?
I gave myself a different name, got a new address
I told myself a pack of lies only to confess
I blasted off headed for the moon, zoom, zoom, with a sonic boom
I found one hunk of cheese to be, just the same as all the rest
Well there is no happiness being this free
Oh Lord won’t you tell me what you want me to be?
Sometimes it’s so hard just to act naturally
Oh Lord won’t you tell me what you want me to be?
I pulled on her chain and I threw her out my door
I called her my savior and I called her a whore
I heard what old Hank Williams sang, “bang, bang, hit me with a bang”
That plowboy swore he’d saw the light
Same light I’ve been searching for
Well there is no happiness being this free
Oh Lord won’t you tell me what you want me to be?
Sometimes it’s so hard just to act naturally
Oh Lord won’t you tell me what you want me to be?
Well there is no happiness being this free
Oh Lord won’t you tell me what you want me to be?
I want to give something that comes back to me
Oh Lord won’t you tell me what you want me to be?