Mofro

Some people think they're free
If they get to do just what they want to do
And do nothing, nothing else

Some people want to lead their life
Others want to follow but it's ok
Cuz every man got to walk his own way

Don't be hesitating
There's no contemplating
No there is no waiting - you got to live free
Wealth ain't necessary
Some think it's too scary
Quite the contrary - you got to live free

Some people complicate their lives
Others keep it simple
And that's a little bit closer to the truth
That we all seek

We pledge allegiance to anything
That takes our mind away
Freedom ain't cheap, naw freedom ain't easy to get

Don't let go, some let go

Don't be hesitating
There's no contemplating
No there is no waiting you got to live free
Wealth ain't necessary
Some think it's too scary
Quite the contrary you got to live free

All them things you say
All them things you do
They won't mean a thing if you don't live free
All them things we say
All them things we do
They won't mean a thing if we don't live free

I remember my grandpa tellin me
About the early days of Florida
Born a swamp cracka two miles from Granny's Bay
Comin up the way of the wilderness
No car, phone, or electric light
Yeah just livin life one day at a time
No newspaper, no war, no strife
Just the elemental keys that provide for life

CHORUS:
Florida I know you're out there hiding from me
You get harder and harder to find
To understand every day she keeps slippin away
Florida please don't fade on me now

Autum sun sets morning skys ablaze
The oaks and the pines turn their palms up to the sun
The kind of beauty that hits down in your soul
But still you're hellbent to destroy it all
With Concrete and steel we pave
A road to hell on a land we've killed
So take a good look and remember it now
Cause one day you're gonna wake up and find it goooooone.

BRIDGE:
Now skyskrapers and superhighways are carving throught the heart of Florida
Building subdivisions while the swamps are drained, making room for people and amusement parks (repeat)

It's like watching someone you love die slow
Yeah, they're killing her one piece at a time
I know some fools who think I should let go,
But the've never seen Florida through my eyes.

CHORUS:
I know you're out there hiding from me
You get harder and harder to find
Every day she keeps slipping away
Florida please don't fade on me now

Florida, I know you're out there hiding from me
You get harder and harder to find
Every day she keeps slipping away
Florida please don't fade on me now

Don't stop even for the right thing
does it matter what I say?
my whole world was by that river
flowing off to meet the sea each day
I don't want to move away.

You look at me and you say "what's wrong boy?"
What else do you want me to say?
I don't want to leave tomorrow
been and gone but I belong here now
Your big world can wait another day.

Brighter days where did they go?

I am hopeful for where I'm going
but I belong in The South
That was where I was born a poor boy
Living life like there's no end in sight
even so I've done without

Brighter days where did they go?

Boy, you're about to hit the bottom
I feel alone, I feel I'm moving there
To a land you never saw and I see you're about to hit the bottom
Lord help me move away to a land you never saw
and I've seen.

Brighter days where did they go?

Homesick but it's alright ? Lochloosa is on my mind ? She's on my mind ? ? I swear it's ten thousand degrees in the shade ? Lord have mercy knows - how much I love it ? ? Every mosquito every rattlesnake ? Every cane break - everything ? ? Every alligator every blackwater swamp ? Every freshwater spring - everything ? ? All we need is one more damn developer ? Tearing her heart out ? ? All we need is one more Mickey Mouse ? Another golf course another country club ? Another gated community ? ? Lord I need her ? Lord I need her ? And she's slipping away ? ? If my grandfather could see her now ? He'd lay down and die ? ? Cause every minute every second every hour ? Every day - Lord she's slipping away ? ? Homesick but it's alright ? Lochloosa is on my mind ? She's on my mind