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I Want To Be Free

Words & Music by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller

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I Want To Be Free

Words & Music by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller

There's no joy in my heart,
Only sorrow
And I'm sad
As a man can be
I sit alone in the darkness
Of my lonely room
And this room
Is a prison to me

I look at window
And what to I see
I see a bird
Way up in the tree
I want to be free free
Free - ee - ee - ee
I want to be free
Like the bird in the tree

What good are my eyes,
They can't see you
And my arms,
They can't hold so tight
I have two lips
That are yearning,
But they're no good to me
Cause I know I can't kiss you tonight

I look at window
And what to I see
I see a bird
Way up in the tree
I want to be free free
Free - ee - ee - ee
I want to be free
Like the bird in the tree
I want to be free
like the bird in the tree

First album:

RCA EPA-4114, 1957, Jailhouse Rock

First recorded:

Soundtrack Session for MGM: Radio Recorders Jailhouse Rock, April 30, 1957

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Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller wrote I Want to Be Free for Elvis's 1957 movie Jailhouse Rock. Elvis recorded the tune on April 30, 1957, at Radio Recorders. The movie version was different from the record version. RCA released take # 11.


There's no joy in my heart, Only sorrow And I'm sad As a man can be I sit alone in the darkness Of my lonely room And this room Is a prison to me I look at window And what to I see I see a bird Way up in the tree I want to be free free Free - ee - ee - ee I want to be free Like the bird in the tree What good are my eyes, They can't see you And my arms, They can't hold so tight I have two lips That are yearning, But they're no good to me Cause I know I can't kiss you tonight I look at window And what to I see I see a bird Way up in the tree I want to be free free Free - ee - ee - ee I want to be free Like the bird in the tree I want to be free like the bird in the tree

First album:	RCA EPA-4114, 1957, Jailhouse Rock

First recorded:	Soundtrack Session for MGM: Radio Recorders Jailhouse Rock, April 30, 1957

Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller wrote I Want to Be Free for Elvis's 1957 movie Jailhouse Rock. Elvis recorded the tune on April 30, 1957, at Radio Recorders. The movie version was different from the record version. RCA released take # 11.