Set me free, set me free
I need a little more room to breathe
And the freedom to do what I please
Mama set me free
Set me free, set me free
Let me see what I can see
Have mercy on a boy like me
Mama set me free
Drop me off on a mountaintop somewhere
Well I'’ ll point ‘ 'em down and say my prayers
No one understands it, maybe they don'’ t care
We'’ re only here because it’ 's there
Set me free, set me free
I wanna be what I can be
City livin'’ ain’ 't livin' to me
Mama set me free
Set me free, set me free
Let me see what I can see
Have mercy on a boy like me
Mama set me free
Well I'’ ll go where people don'’ t go
Where the iron horses don'’ t roll
High above the sea of gray below
The great mystery and the cold wind blows
Set me free, set me free
I need a little more room to breathe
And the freedom to do what I please
Mama set me free
Set me free, set me free
Let me see what I can be
Have mercy on a boy like me
Mama set me free
Have mercy on a boy like me
Mama set me free
Have mercy on a boy like me
Mama set me free
