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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
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Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Ed Kowalczyk
Ed Kowalczyk
Composer
Chad Gracey
Chad Gracey
Composer
Chad Taylor
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Composer
Patrick Dahlheimer
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Composer
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Jerry Harrison
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Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
What do you say to the child
Whose god is in the TV?
And what do you say to the man
Who blames the world on TV?
[Verse 2]
They don't even know how
To sing my song
But they won't even try it
With me, with me, with me, yeah
[Verse 3]
Who is standing over playin' like the teacher?
Harnessing the learnin' who try but can't leave her
I wanna make the liars lay down their sirens
That play like the angels to my deep desire
[Verse 4]
(Free my son) Let him walk right through the rain
(Free my son) Make him waterboy
(Free my son) There he stands down on the shore
Free my son
[Verse 5]
What do you say to the man
Who treats her like a mother?
And what do you say to the man
Who treats him like a father?
[Verse 6]
Come and see my heart
Come inside and learn
Come and see my soul
It's like yours, I say, it's just like yours
[Verse 7]
Who is making over idolizing princes?
Banishing the dreamers with barb-wired fences
And telling all the children who run to her feet
That they have no vision and love's all diseased
[Verse 8]
(Free my son) Let him walk right through the rain
(Free my son) Make him waterboy
(Free my son) There he stands down on the shore
Free my son, yeah
[Verse 9]
(Free my son) Let him walk right through the rain
(Free my son) Make him waterboy
(Free my son) There he stands down on the shore
Free my son, free him with love
[Verse 10]
(Free my son) Let him walk right through the rain
(Free my son) Make him waterboy
(Free my son) There he stands down on the shore
Free my son
[Verse 11]
(Free my son) Let him walk right through the rain
(Free my son) Make him waterboy
(Free my son) There he stands down on the shore
Free my son, make him waterboy
Written by: Chad Gracey, Chad Taylor, Ed Kowalczyk, Patrick Dahlheimer

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