FREEDOM, OH FREEDOM

Music by Larry Long, Words by Larry Long with the 3rd Grade of Beatrice Elementary - Beatrice, Alabama)

Verse 1:

I want to grow up to be old, to be the dream I dream.

I want to teach, I want to reach up to be all I can be.  Freedom,

Chorus:

Freedom, oh--- Freedom!  Can you imagine that?

Freedom, oh--- Freedom!  Can you imagine that?

Verse 2:

To make a job, not just take a job.  To love the work I do.

Happiness, togetherness, with love from me to you.

Chorus

Verse 3:

To lift up your voice, to shout and sing,

Until earth and heaven ring

With harmony, with liberty, from sea to shining sea.

Chorus

Verse 4 (bridge):

Take pride in yourself, believe in yourself.

Take pride in yourself, you got to have faith.

Take pride in yourself, believe in yourself.

Take pride in yourself, you got to have faith.

You got to have faith!

Chorus