Rockin' in the Free World (Grosse Freiheit 36, Hamburg, Germany 8th December 1989) Songtext
von Neil Young

There′s colors on the street
Red, white, and blue
People shufflin' their feet
People sleepin′ in their shoes

There's a warning sign on the road ahead
There's a lot of people saying we′d be better off dead
Don′t feel like Satan, but I am to them
So I try to forget it any way I can

Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin′ in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin′ in the free world

I see a woman in the night
With a baby in her hand
There's an old street light (near a garbage can)
Near a garbage can (near a garbage can)


Now she put the kid away and she′s gone to get a hit
She hates her life and what she's done to it
There's one more kid that′ll never go to school
Never get to fall in love, never get to be cool

Keep on rockin′ in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin′ in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world

We got a thousand points of light
For the homeless man
We got a kinder, gentler machine gun hand

We′ve got department stores and toilet paper
Got styrofoam boxes for the ozone layer
Got a man of the people says, "Keep hope alive"
Got fuel to burn, got roads to drive

Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin′ in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world