I had it tough when I was just a little kid 
It didn't matter what I thought it didn't matter what I did 
I felt the doubt for what I lacked right from the start 
It did a number on my head but it could never touch my heart 
Cause I had just enough imagination 
Just enough to keep the faith 
That somehow I would think of what to do 
When I'd get lost in a momentary weakness of emotion 
All the angels came along to help me through 
Life pulls fast changes 
Wind blows past pages 
All I see is, I don't need this 
Highstrung tight rope walks 
Ticking time bomb clocks 
Scratch my name off, cut these chains 
I'm free...Kicking out of that prison 
I'm free...Singing those words of wisdom 
Let it be...Nobody's gonna put the blues inside of me.. 
I've slammed the doors I've jammed the locks 
And in the stress to be the best I've done it all 
Laid the bricks, I've built the walls 
No one could tell me back then why joy eluded me 
Kept bumping into that misery locked up deep down inside of me 
Took that rage and I 
Turned that page and I 
Packed my tools, went back to school 
And I've passed my graduation 
I hold my Ph. D. in crash test blues 
I've paid those dues 
I'm free... 
Repeat Chorus 
Time flied by in photographs 
Here I stand in ruby slippers 
And paper scraps and songs 
Three taps takes me home...I'm free...