Seventeen, headin' down that road of freedom

Well everybody said "Son, you'll never get nowhere"

With my stubbon ways, well I knew that I would show them

You can't keep somethin' wild locked up in a cage

After time went by they finally realized I was on my way

Goin' down that two lane road

Stretched out across the desert

With the hot sun beatin' down on me

I don't know where I'm going

Or when I'm gonna get there

But when I do it will set my mind at ease

I was born, I was born to be free

Lookin' back now I think about those days

And how that one summer changed everything

But in the back of my mind

I still hear the voices

Reminding me that I did it right thing

After time went by they finally realized I was on my way

Goin' down that two lane road

Stretched out across the desert

With the hot sun beatin' down on me

I don't know where I'm going

Or when I'm gonna get there

But when I do it will set my mind at ease

I was born, I was born to be free

After time went by they finally realized I was on my way

Goin' down that two lane road

Stretched out across the desert

With the hot sun beatin' down on me

I don't know where I'm going

Or when I'm gonna get there

But when I do it will set my mind at ease

And I was goin' down that two lane road

Stretched out across the desert

With the hot sun beatin' down on me

I don't know where I'm going

Or when I'm gonna get there

But when I do it will set my mind at ease

I was born, I was born to be free

Born to be free