I used to wonder why When I was walking by They talked about me What could it be They tried to break me Never could make me Out in the streets Takin' all the heat Dancin' in the sheets, oh yeah All those streaks in my hair People point at me and stare If they ask me I'll say, "yeah!" I'm a freak And I love the clothes I wear Where their life goes I don't care It's my price I'm proud to pay I'm a freak The called me crazy It doesn't faze me I'm doing fine, they're doing time They tried to break me Never could make me Live like a fire Dancin' with desire Walkin' on the wire, oh yeah (yeah, yeah, yeah) I'm a freak and love what I see I'm a freak and I love being me (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) Out in the streets Takin' all the heat Dancin' in the sheets, oh yeah I pledge allegiance to the state of independence I got streaks in my hair People point at me and stare If they ask me I'll say, "yeah!" I'm a freak And I love the clothes I wear Where their life goes I don't care It's my price I'm proud to pay I'm a freak I'm the freak and I love what I see I'm the freak and I love being me I'm a freak and that's all I can be I'm a freak, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I pledge allegiance to the state of independence