When I was a young one I thought that love was lust In the heat of passion Bringing light to the dust Then I turned to romance Caught up in its sway I learned to do a new dance I was on that carousel to stay All the bells, they are ringing Ringing out across the sea It is the sound in my own heart Calling from the land of the free Visiting exotic places Love began to educate my mind Showing me the different faces Of what we call humankind I tasted [?] I roamed the swamps and deserts of the Earth I ran with all the dogs and bitches And I cried with those mothers at their birth When I finally made it back to the homeland I was dazzled by the brightness of its glow As I walked into my room, I could not understand How I ended up like this all alone Suddenly my mind was empty There was nothing in it I had ever known [?] with the light of everyone And I saw what [?] to God's eyes alone, oh Calling from the land of the free Calling from the land- Of the- I'm calling, calling, callin' From the land of the free