I keep walking down the same city streets The same city lines, to the same lonely beat People say, ?Hello?, but I don't know what to say I don't know how I feel, I just can't act that way I wanna hide from all these strangers I wanna run home to you All I need is your compassion, yes We can be free, yes, I wanna be free, yes I wanna be free, yes, I wanna be free Oh, the way I'm shut out by your silence It's the loudest thing I've ever known You leave me, leave me hanging 'Til I feel useless with my hope Oh, it's lonely in the city, it can be lonely next to you And just have the courage to open up yourself Then we can be free, yes, I wanna be free, yes I wanna be free, yes, I wanna be free I just, I wanna be free, oh, I wanna be free, yes, I wanna be free Oh, it's lonely in the city, it can be lonely next to you And just have the courage to open up yourself Then we can be free, yes, I wanna be free, yes I wanna be free, yes, I wanna be free I just, I wanna be free, oh, I wanna be free Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, oh, I wanna be free, yes I wanna be free, I just, I wanna be free, yes I wanna be free