Name: The Price of Being Free
Duration: P00H03M52S
Description: (Written about the consequences of being a free man and getting your sleaze on. I had spent some time in complete paranoia thinking some girl's boyfriend was going to kill me, and out popped the lyrics to this song.)

The Price of Being Free

from Alicanto EP by Strayhound

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(Written about the consequences of being a free man and getting your sleaze on. I had spent some time in complete paranoia thinking some girl's boyfriend was going to kill me, and out popped the lyrics to this song.)

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there have been so many times i've wondered
just what i've got myself into
with my hand upon a knife i'm ready for a fight
all for some girl i wish i never knew

friends said single life will cause you trouble
but i didn't hear a word that they said
one drunken night spent with some girl, it turned around my world
now her man is aiming straight for my head

oh man i hear the thunder so i'm running for cover
as the lightning strikes behind me
oh the winds are a-blowin' and the river's overflowin'
that's the price of being free
that's the price of being free

there have been so many days in waiting
just waiting for a break in the storm
i'm afraid to go outside, there's nowhere i can hide
nowhere i can feel safe and warm

when i think back on that night i shudder
a cheap thrill has a price these days
there's a wise man who once said, "keep thinking with your head
or eventually you're gonna have to pay"

oh man i hear the thunder so i'm running for cover
as the lightning strikes behind me
oh the winds are a-blowin' and the river's overflowin'
that's the price of being free
that's the price of being free

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from Alicanto EP, track released November 30, 2009
Written by Rhys McIntosh

Rhys McIntosh - Vocals, rhythm guitar
Michael Kerby - Bass
Stephen McIntosh - Lead guitar, backing vocals, harmonica
Leeross Steinway - Keyboard
Hamish Mould - Drums

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