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verse 1
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I was born right here in Zion, God's own son
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His Holy Ghost stories and bloodshed never scared me none
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While they bowed their heads on Sunday
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I cut out through the hedges and fields
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Where the light could place its hands on my head
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In the west hills
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Fr--ee in the west hills
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Fr--ee in the west hills
verse 2
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She's got two full-grown children, one still on the vine
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And once I got to know him I loved him like he was mine
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Some nights we drive up the mouth of the canyon
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On hillbilly heroin pills
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We get out and watch the sunset
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Peaceful and still
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And free in the west hills
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Fr--ee in the west hills
verse 3
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When the sheriff kicked my door down
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I was sleeping in my own bed
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And the mess I got caught up in
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Rained hard down on my head
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They got me for possession of them hillbilly heroin pills
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Enough to kill the horses that run free in the west hills
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They got me for possession of enough to kill the horses that run
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Fr--ee in the west hills
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Fr--ee in the west hills
verse 4
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If this life was meant for proving
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I could use more years to live
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But fifteen in a guardhouse
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That's more than I'm willing to give
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And if there really is a judgement
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When He pulls my chart
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He'll reject my actions
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But He will know my heart
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And he'll prepare a place for me
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Where happiness instills
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And the light puts its loving hands on my head
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Free in the west hills
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They got me for possession of enough to kill the horses that run
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Fr--ee in the west hills
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Fr--ee in the west hills
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Fr--ee, fr--ee in the west hills, in the west hills, in the west hills