Free My Way

Jingle jangle, here's the jailer
Heaven's here right now on earth
Legal wrangle, holy papers
You gotta know your worth

I'm gonna free my way
Be my way
Wonder can you see me laughing in this place

Gotta be my way
Free my way
Wonder can you see me laughing in this place

Jingle jangle, here's the jailer
Heaven's here right now on earth

I'm gonna free my way
Be my way
Wonder can you see me laughing in this place

Gotta be my way
Free my way
Wonder can you see me laughing in this place

Thou shalt not bear false witness
Against thy neighbour
I was your neighbour
Now you're in danger

Lyrics by:
Brown

Available on:
Golden Greats (4.17)

Details:
The lyrics to Free My Way were written in B Wing at Strangeways and the music was put down on Ian's eight track. Free My Way is preceded by a beautiful 35-second piece of singing from Ian (like the intro to The Beatles' 'Lovely Rita') and like The Rolling Stones' 'We Love You', the opening is evocative of a prison cell. We Love You, featuring John Lennon and Paul McCartney on backing vocals, was written after Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were arrested on drug charges stemming from a raid on Keith's house, Redlands, on 12th February 1967. The song was a thank you message to the fans who supported Jagger and Richards through their arrest.

"I wanted 'Free My Way' to have a Victorian workhouse vibe," says Brown, "jailers listening to a string quartet while people are being sentenced." (Ian Brown speaking to 'The Universal')

The final verse contains the Eighth Commandment, arguably directed towards the stewardes in Ian Brown's 'air rage' incident:

"Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour." (Exodus 20: 16)

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