Love Is Free

When you sent me packing
 Down that Green River Valley
 I knew that if you couldn't,
 No one would have me
 I lost myself drinkin'
 With those stray dogs in the alleys
 'Til the whiskey soaked my bones
 The night, it came on cold
 Blowing off that muddy river
 I felt so goddamned old
 I didn't have the strength to shiver
 The moon was swallowed whole
 And when the sky spit back that sliver
 Well, I knew I had to go it alone
 Love is free
 So take all you can
 Just don't ask me
 To be the bigger man
 'Cause I'm all spent
 It took all I had
 Living the good life
 Made me bad
 Go on, chase that girl
 Go on, get that money
 Go on, break the world
 I know you think it's full of honey
 And maybe some day
 I'll look back and think it's funny
 How you always had to burn it down
 But right now, in the ashes
 Choking on the smoke
 I find it hard to grasp this
 Great big cosmic joke
 I'm squinting through the tears
 And years of lies and hope
 But I know you ain't comin' back around
 Love is free
 So take all you can
 Just don't ask me
 To be the bigger man
 'Cause I'm all spent
 You took all I had
 Living the good life, Brother
 Made you bad
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 Devil below and God above,
 Take all your armies from my blood
 Show me what I'm really made of
 More than fear?
 More than love?
 And set me free!
 I've done all I can
 I won't ask you
 To be a better man
 'Cause you're all spent
 You did what you could
 But I guess living the bad life
 Just feels too good