Freedoms Wings

FREEDOMS WINGS – Written by Carroll Bryant

I take a look around me
And I can smell the changes in the air
I’m not the way that you found me
I got a brand new heart and I … I’m in a happy place
Better than the place I was before
Living in a broken world
Waiting for the end inside my cage
I was banging my head against the bars
Screaming for somebody to hear

I wanna be free
Free to do what I wanna do
Free to be who I wanna be
I want to spread my wings and fly
Right into immortality
I want to know that love is more than just a dream
I wanna be free

I went down to the river
And laid myself in the healing waters
I got closer to my soul
And there was no paradise when I opened my eyes
It was still this broken world
But I found a cure for the pain
And it was standing right there, right in front of me
In the form of my friends and my family
And I was given the chance to believe

I’m free
Free to do what I wanna do
Free to be who I wanna be
I want to spread my wings and fly
Right into immortality
I’m free
Free to do what I wanna do
Free to be what I wanna be
I want my limits to be the sky
As well as my destiny
I want to know that love is more than just a dream
I wanna be free

You’re gonna drive yourself to crazy
If you keep it all in your head
Why does there always have to be a meaning?
Sometimes … life …. Just … is!

And I went down to the river
And laid myself in the healing waters
I got closer to my soul

I wanna be free
Free to do what I wanna do
Free to be who I wanna be
I want to spread my wings and fly
Right into immortality
I’m free
Free to do what I wanna do
Free to be what I wanna be
I want my limits to be the sky
As well as my destiny
I want to know that love is more than just a dream
I wanna be free

I’m free

I’m free

As Green As God

AS GREEN AS GOD – Written by Carroll Bryant

I look up to the sky
And I see an eagle as he spreads his wings and
I somehow learn to fly
High above and looking down on every living thing
And I remember how it started in the past
I was looking out a window at what they
Told me was the future but I
Never thought that it would ever last
And now it’s like a knife cutting deep into the thoughts of me and
When the rain comes down
I will be as green as God and
When the rain comes falling down
I will be as green as God
Be as green as God

I look out to the fields
And I see some children as they play among their visions and
You are standing there off into the distance
As a storm slowly approaches them and
I watch you walk away, giving up on life
Heading towards a lake that hasn’t a single drop of water and
I see you point to the direction of my way and all that matters
Then all of you just disappear and
When the rain comes down
You will be as green as God and
When the rain comes pouring down
You will be as green as God
Be as green as God

There are no questions for all of the answers
Only the hope of what tomorrow can’t bring
There are no problems if there are no good solutions
And words can not be read if the eyes refuse to read

I look down to the dark
And feel what seems to be the breath of death – an angel
And it eats right through my heart
And makes the hairs stand straight up
On the back of my neck and scares me
We simply keep putting out the fires that we keep starting
With the flood of our own ideas and whisperings but
Never in a million years will we ever get to rebuild
That of which we keep on trying – trying and destorying but
When the rain comes down
We will be as green as God and
When the rain comes falling down
We will be as green as God
Be as green as God

The Simple Life

THE SIMPLE LIFE – Written by Carroll Bryant

I get up in the morning and I take route 105

I got to earn a paycheck just to keep myself alive

I listen to the radio play some Patsy Cline

The weekend’s just ahead of me … I got one thing on my mind

I’m gonna go out huntin with my old hound dog

Take me a break on a hickory log

And stare out at nature – she has a lot to give

Gonna sit on the porch with my mom and dad

After having the best supper I ever had

It’s a simple life but that’s just the way it is (oh yeah)

This is the way a country boy should live

It seems like all I ever hear are people that complain

They don’t like the sunshine and they don’t like the rain

All I want from living is peace and harmony

I got my love of Christian faith for God and family

And I go out huntin with my old hound dog

Take me a break on a hickory log

And stare out at nature – she has a lot to give

Gonna sit on the porch with my mom and dad

After having the best supper I ever had

It’s a simple life but that’s just the way it is (oh yeah)

This is the way a country boy should live

And late at night when I go to sleep

I pray the lord my soul he keeps

But I hope I get to live to see just one more day

And if I die before I wake

I pray the lord my soul he takes

And puts me in a special place where I so long to be

Where I can go out huntin with my old hound dog

Take me a break on a hickory log

And stare out at nature – she has a lot to give

Gonna sit on the porch with my mom and dad

After having the best supper I ever had

It’s a simple life but that’s just the way it is (oh yeah)

This is the way a country boy should live

I said this is the way a country boy should live