These Shackles, Please Set Me Free

See my mind and body free

These shackles tie me to the ground

And that's the least, but please don't frown

They keep me from the sun for one

Warm touch, and summer fun

Hard to fathom the crazy size

We all awaken to its rise

When these shackles come undone

In distant visits from the sun

I wish to see and hear and do

I wish to paint the city blue

This whole life I've lived in vain

And fell in holes and back again

There is no ending to this climb

And there's not always a rescue line

So try real hard and don't give up

You keep it up and sure enough

Something falls into your lap

And that's no laugh, I'll give you that