There's a feeling, frightening and exhilarating, when you're embarking on a journey, and you're doing it because you want to, and there's no schedule, and you can go any direction.
lyrics
I was only 16, just got my pay
No girlfriend, no regrets,
No one in my way.
Pulled on the two lane, in my old '64,
Pointed her southbound
And jammed on the floor. Give me that...
Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet freedom.
That nowhere to be
That I'm gonna see.
Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet freedom.
That old willow wind
Is calling again.
We've got the right,
Of places to see.
That old Golden highway
Was calling to me.
Pulled on the freeway
Was just barely dawn.
The Eagles were singing
I'm 'Already Gone'.
Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet freedom.
That nowhere to be
That I'm gonna see.
Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet freedom.
That old willow wind
Is calling again.
But once in a while,
When I'm feeling bound
I gather up my bags and get out of this town.
It's a lump in the throat, like a
broken heart, a
storybook ending
That needs a new start...
I've traveled this roadway
For fortune and fee.
Traded my Chevy
For a slick SUV.
Through front range and forest,
Dusty old trail.
I see that horizon, and
I'm bound to set sail.
Better give me that...
Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet freedom.
That nowhere to be
That I'm gonna see.
Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet freedom.
That old willow wind
Is calling again.
credits
from Recollections (2018),
track released September 17, 2017
James Dean Cotton: vocals, guitars and mandolin
James Dean Cotton hails from the Missouri Ozarks where bluegrass and Americana infused an easy, 70's acoustic style. He writes and performs solo and with the acoustic duo, American Sons, in the Seattle area.
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