Kenny Chesney - Freedom Lyrics






People always tell me their life story
Love they've lost, their taste of glory
He sat next to me at the counter in the diner
Said I used to be Wall Street but this is much finer
Oh yeah

He had a leather look on a steel horse Harley
And a dark-eyed girlfriend he called Charlie
He looked a little lost walkin' out the door
But I think I knew what he was lookin' for
Freedom, sweet freedom

I gassed 'er up, climbed back in my cab
To my wife I'm a husband, to my kids I'm a dad
To the credit card companies I'm just another sucker
To the IRS, a long-haul trucker
Mmmm yeah

Some say that freedom's the power to do what one pleases
You can live like the devil or hold on to Jesus
I found the one thing I was born to do
And girl that's why I'm runnin' back to you
Freedom, sweet freedom

He climbed up in my truck with his green duffel bag
I knew he was a soldier 'cause I saw his dog tags
We talked about it, we cried about it

Then a steel horse Harley came roarin' on past
I knew it was Charlie hangin' on real fast
We talked about it, we laughed about it

Through the joy and pain that living brings
Don't we all want the same thing
Freedom, sweet freedom

It's what the junkie needs that the needle can't give
The oppressed and forgotten are praying for it
It's what the brave and courageous are fightin' for
An open sail on a distant shore
Freedom





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  1. L.... P....

    I love this whole album even now. So soulful.
    And Kenny's voice is so easy to listen to. Not much of a country music fan, but Kenny Chesney, Oh hell yes!

  2. C.... ....

    Beautiful song!!! Freedom and love always!💞

  3. K.... w....

    LOVE it 😍

  4. M.... S....

    One of the best songs he's ever sung.
    The writing is absolutely beautiful.
    The two guys who wrote this song have some profound collective humanity.

    M.... S....

    I love your comment! So very true!

  5. T.... j....

    Sweet Freedom

  6. L.... S....

    One my favorite songs.💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗From:April

  7. J.... A....

    NOTHING BUT THE "TRUTH"

  8. D.... M....

    Sweet Freedom every word is True in this Song ""💘💘💘💘🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

  9. D.... E....

    Beautiful song

  10. S.... A....

    My favorite line of this song is that "you can live like the devil or hold on to Jesus" I guess I continue to express myself in this forum first of all because I'm inspired and second we are blessed enough to have the freedom to express ourselves and in a world where people seem to feel self expression must be negative I choose to focus on the positive and if there's a couple of gifts in life that have come easy to me it's the ability to love and to express my true self through the written word. I love how the character in the song comes "running back " to love, and that's freedom for him. Some people never taste freedom or appear to be free but are imprisoned in their own home or even their own minds.. I think the most freedom I've ever felt is when I had to "run for my life" and leave all these people and possessions behind to preserve myself and my child but in that, most people weren't around to help or support but I also had my eyes opened to all the "actors" around me feeding me full of blissful things that made me feel good for awhile but it was never real, they never really cared unless they were getting something out of it and I was grateful to see the light and truth and the spirit of the Lord sustained and strengthened me beyond any power I could get on my own or from people around me who flattered.. and even today with some broken dreams and heart.. He strengthens me and gives me hope. True freedom is realizing God is real and He loves you and answers your prayers. Strength is received from Jesus and we can be broken and make mistakes and fear but it's ok.. we were not made to be perfect and freedom in repenting and realizing Jesus already felt your individual pain abc loneliness and confusion and overcame it for you so you don't have to but you need to get down on your knees and ask for help . I found freedom in being led by the Holy Spirit and my heart instead of the philosophy of man and friends and people .. the thing about being Real.. just because you can't see something doesn't mean it's not real or true. The most powerful forces on Earth and the Universe are unseen.. Electricity , gravity, sound.. you can't see them but you know it's real. That also goes with God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit and angels and demons you can't see them but they are around and they are real but the only one with True power is God through Jesus Christ- all light and knowledge and love come from that source.. everything else doesn't matter. And love, just cause you can't see it doesn't mean it's not real or there , because it truly is and you can't listen to the chatter of those around you, to find the truth of it and the truth of others intentions in your life you need to fervently pray and plead and ask and then listen you will get answers because God cares about you and loves you and wants you to be with Him when this life is through no matter if you think or understand what you deserve. My gift is love I can and will continue to give it because I can't help it. It is who I am to the depths of my soul, it's who I was before I came to this Earth and is my Eternal destiny.. it will never change .. but the running from childhood wounds and things unresolved and never facing that it happened .. stuff happens in life that's not our fault.. it's a rarity I meet a soul like mine but when you see someone you can tell your own sort just by looking at them and most people can't figure you out but boy when you finally meet one that does it's real and raw and can be painful sometimes. "It's better to feel pain than nothing at all, the opposite of love is indifference." We are here on this Earth and part of our purpose is to feel and experience pain .. not avoid it. Put your whole heart and soul into something and loving someone and you don't get it back for some reason ? That is pain but like the physical body.. breaking down muscle and feeling the pain and strain of it., well after it starts to grow and get stronger .. the Spirit also needs to feel pain in order to grow and learn . If can't be avoided if you want your Spirit to progress but the building up and strengthening is through the Lord Jesus Christ and we must continue to love.. no matter what. I used to think that sometimes a blank canvas was better than where I have been and what I've been through in this short life of mine.. but say the canvas is love or a relationship.. it might seem easier to want someone never been married, younger, no kids, no issues , a perfect childhood.. . Yea I used to think that..seems so good and clean on the outside right? But you know I've come to find the past and a colorful past it adds color to the canvas.. the scars and pain , they add textures .. the brokenness of a heart put back together over and over again begin to creat a beautiful unique mosaic of cracks and colors and lines and it's something very rare, a one of a kind masterpiece .. and in a gallery of you hang up that unique and colorful painting next to a blank canvas, it just doesn't go and doesn't fit.. I've come to appreciate the uniqueness of who I am what I've been through and who I continue to grow and evolve.. I will always try to improve and work on myself and Learn and repent and try. But what I really want is to hang in that gallery with a similar unique and beautiful masterpiece that together create more beauty and love and are than ever imaginable.. God bless you with love and freedom and courage and the right people..💕

  11. S.... J....

    this is my favorite kenny song. I always feel like I driving through the back roads on a summer evening with radio on.

  12. K.... W....

    SWEET FREEDOM :)

  13. J.... ....

    People always tell me their life story
    Love they've lost, their taste of glory
    He sat next to me at the counter in the diner
    Said I used to be Wall Street but this is much finer
    Oh yeah

    He had a leather look on a steel horse Harley
    And a dark-eyed girlfriend he called Charlie
    He looked a little lost walkin' out the door
    But I think I knew what he was lookin' for
    Freedom, sweet freedom

    I gassed 'er up, climbed back in my cab
    To my wife I'm a husband, to my kids I'm a dad
    To the credit card companies I'm just another sucker
    To the IRS, a long-haul trucker
    Mmmm yeah

    Some say that freedom's the power to do what one pleases
    You can live like the devil or hold on to Jesus
    I found the one thing I was born to do
    And girl that's why I'm runnin' back to you
    Freedom, sweet freedom

    He climbed up in my truck with his green duffel bag
    I knew he was a soldier 'cause I saw his dog tags
    We talked about it, we cried about it

    Then a steel horse Harley came roarin' on past
    I knew it was Charlie hangin' on real fast
    We talked about it, we laughed about it

    Through the joy and pain that living brings
    Don't we all want the same thing
    Freedom, sweet freedom

    It's what the junkie needs that the needle can't give
    The oppressed and forgotten are praying for it
    It's what the brave and courageous are fightin' for
    An open sail on a distant shore
    Freedom

  14. K.... G....

    Beautiful song....so true!

  15. N.... P....

    Amazing song