Lyrics to
Freedom Song

This version of Freedom Song was released by Thin Lizzy in 1975.

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Let me tell you the hard luck story
About a man named Jack McDuff
He believed in God and glory
But he just wasn’t tough enough

I believe in the freedom song
Long live liberty!
I believe in the freedom song
I’ll choose my own destiny

Well they took him and they beat him
Underneath the old hanging tree
Saying, “Jack, you must die”
“What will your last words be?”

Jack, he hung his head back
“Long live liberty!”
“I believe in the freedom song”
“Doesn’t matter what you do to me”

With a rope around his neck they left him hanging
High on that old hanging tree
On her knees his wife was screaming
“Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy”

I believe in the freedom song
Long live liberty!
I believe in the freedom song
Doesn’t matter what you do to me

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About Lyrics and Freedom Song by Thin Lizzy

The lyrics for Freedom Song are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1975 song by Thin Lizzy. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Freedom Song have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Freedom Song - Thin Lizzy and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Freedom Song by Thin Lizzy in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Freedom Song" means the words set to the music of Freedom Song, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Thin Lizzy. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Freedom Song and the lyrics to Freedom Song are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Thin Lizzy who came here looking just for the lyrics to Freedom Song, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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