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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Canzetta Staton
Canzetta Staton
Lead Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
David Bernard Crawford
David Bernard Crawford
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Candi Staton
Candi Staton
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
What's the sense in sharin' this one and only life?
Endin' up just another lost and lonely wife
You count up the years and they will be filled with tears
Love only breaks up to start over again
You'll get the babies but you won't have your man
While he's busy lovin' every woman that he can, uh-huh
[PreChorus]
Say I'm gonna leave a hundred times a day
It's easier said than done when you just can't break away (You just can't break away)
[Chorus]
Oh, young hearts run free
They'll never be hung up, hung up like my man and me
My man and me
Ooh, young hearts, to yourself be true
Don't be no fool when love really don't love you
Don't love you
[Verse 2]
It's high time now, just one crack at life
Who wants to live it in trouble and strife?
My mind must be free to learn all I can about me, mmm
I'm gonna love me for the rest of my days
Encourage the babies every time they say
Self preservation is what's really goin' on today
[PreChorus]
I say I'm gonna turn loose a thousand times a day
But how can I turn loose when I just can't break away? (When I just can't break away?)
[Chorus]
Oh, young hearts run free
They'll never be hung up, hung up like my man and me
You and me
Ooh, young hearts, to yourself be true
Don't be no fool when love really don't love you
Don't love you
[Chorus]
Young hearts run free
They'll never be hung up, hung up like my man and me
My man and me
Oh, young hearts, to yourself be true
Don't be no fool when love really don't love you
It don't love you
[Chorus]
Ooh, young hearts run free
They'll never be hung up, hung up like my man and me
My man and me
Oh, young hearts, to yourself be true
Don't be no fool when love really don't love you
Don't love you
[Outro]
Ooh, young hearts run free
They'll never be hung up, hung up like my man and me
Written by: David Crawford

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