Scott Miller - Freedom's a Stranger lyrics

Back when freedom was a stranger But it was something we felt I found myself a girl friend I couldn't believe it myself We took a Chevy citation That a friend would let us use When we got tired of waiting For what we wanted to do I had her crawling up the window She had me shaking in my seat I could smell her on my fingers She said I tasted so sweet Just some West Virginia back roads There never was much else Jam a tape into the player I couldn't believe it myself Those drums they shook the speakers The ba** it shook me to the core If the Boss had been a preacher He could 've led us to the lord She knew all the lyrics And they sang so true Just two rock n' roll spirits With nothing better to do Now the past it is a stranger And I found someone else Got car payments and a mortgage I can't believe it myself But I don't mind getting older If you get smarter when you do And the burdens that you shoulder Well, that's what defines you I'm sure they crushed the citation I know the 8 track broke We're such a complicated nation But I still got rock n' roll