Free, free, set them free

Free, free, set them free

Free, free, set them free



If you need somebody

Call my name

If you want someone

You can do the same

If you want to keep something precious

You got to lock it up and throw away the key

If you want to hold onto your possession

Don't even think about me



If you love somebody

If you love someone

If you love somebody

If you love someone, set them free

Set them free

Set them free

Set them free



If it's a mirror you want

Just look into my eyes

Or a whipping boy

Someone to despise

Or a prisoner in the dark

Tied up in chains you just can't see

Or a beast in a gilded cage

That's all some people ever want to be



If you love somebody

If you love someone

If you love somebody

If you love someone, set them free

Set them free

Set them free

Set them free



You can't control an independent heart

Can't tear the one you love apart

Forever conditioned to believe that we can't live

We can't live here and be happy with less

So many riches

So many souls

With everything we see that we want to possess



If you need somebody

Call my name

If you want someone

You can do the same

If you want to keep something precious

You got to lock it up and throw away the key

You want to hold onto your possession

Don't even think about me



If you love somebody

If you love someone

If you love somebody

If you love someone, set them free

Set them free

Set them free

Set them free

Set them free