Seventeen, headin' down that road of freedom.
Well everybody said "Son, you'll never get nowhere".
With my stubbon ways, well I knew that I would show them.
You can't keep somethin' wild locked up in a cage/

After time went by, they finally realized I was on my way.
Goin' down that two lane road,
Stretched out across the desert.
With the hot sun beatin' down on me.
I don't know where I'm going,
Or when I'm gonna get there.
But when I do it will set my mind at ease,
I was born, I was born to be free.

Lookin' back now, I think about those days.
And how that one summer changed everything.
But in the back of my mind,
I still hear the voices.
Reminding me that I did it right thing.

After time went by, they finally realized, I was on my way.
Goin' down that two lane road,
Stretched out across the desert.
With the hot sun beatin' down on me.
I don't know where I'm going,
Or when I'm gonna get there.
But when I do it will set my mind at ease,
I was born, I was born to be free.
Born to be free.

After time went by, they finally realized, I was on my way.
Goin' down that two lane road,
Stretched out across the desert.
With the hot sun beatin' down on me.
I don't know where I'm going,
Or when I'm gonna get there.
But when I do it will set my mind at ease.

And I was goin' down that two lane road,
Stretched out across the desert.
With the hot sun beatin' down on me.
I don't know where I'm going,
Or when I'm gonna get there.
But when I do it will set my mind at ease.
I was born, I was born to be free.
Born to be free.