Set me free, set me free,
I need a little more room to breathe
And the freedom to do what I please.
Mama, set me free.
Set me free, set me free.
Let me see what I can see.
Have mercy on a boy like me,
Mama, set me free.
Drop me off on a mountain top somewhere.
I'll point them down and say my prayers.
No one understands it, maybe they don't care.
We're only here because it's there.
Set me free, set me free.
I wanna be what I can be.
City livin' ain't livin' to me,
Mama, set me free.
Set me free, set me free.
Let me see what I can be
Have mercy on a boy like me
Mama, set me free.
I'll go where people don't go.
Where the iron horses don't roll.
High above the sea of grey below
And the great mystery and the cold wind blows.
Set me free, set me free
I need a little more room to breathe
And the freedom to do what I please,
Mama, set me free.
Set me free, set me free,
Let me see what I can be.
Have mercy on a boy like me,
Mama, set me free.
Have mercy on a boy like me,
Mama, set me free.
Have mercy on a boy like me,
Mama, set me free.