[Intro] [acoustic guitar strumming, clean electric guitar lead melody] [Verse 1] [acoustic guitar continues, bass and drums enter] That long hard road to freedom You can picture in your mind It has so many thinking It's an easy thing to find [Verse 2] But it changes like the weather And it curves behind the hill People keep you always searching Feels like you're standing still Many men are bound to find it So few that ever will Once they think they have it They just can't get their fill [Chorus] [full band intensity increases, distorted electric guitar layers] Well I chased it down the highway From the mountains to the sea I've been running since I can remember And it still won't let me be Well I chased it down the highway From the mountains to the sea I've been running since I can remember And it still won't let me be [Bridge] [acoustic guitar lead break, steady drum beat] Slippery as a mercury It'll slide right through your hand Some say you'll only know it If you reach the promised land And some things I'm not proud of Hurt some people who cared for me Now all I can hold on to Are tattered memories [Chorus] [high energy, crash cymbals] Well I chased it down the highway From the mountains to the sea I've been running since I can remember And it still won't let me be It won't let me be (yeah) [Outro] [acoustic guitar strumming, electric guitar feedback fades] That long hard road to freedom As I write these words you hear them From behind my prison bars I look forward to my freedom And leave behind my scars The short walk in the morning To the last place I'll ever go They tell me it feels like sleeping How the hell could they know Well that long hard road to freedom I can picture in my mind If it's before you now I thought there'd be more time
