Freedom Knows My Name

© Melanie Safka

Is this a Melanie protest song?.

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Jimmy and Val

Freedom pulls my heart strings  as I board another plane
It’s not leaving I am wanting but freedom calls my name

Friends turn into strangers,  strangers can be cold
I’ve been blessed with angels at least I’m not alone

And they come to me in a sunrise in the words of some old song
In the name of all creation  in a life long out of bounds   oh oh oh oh oh
Freedom know your name   oh oh oh
Freedom knows your name  oh oh oh
Freedom calls your name

Tender roots grow deep with longing to the core of solid ground
Mine go left of centre and slightly off the ground

Through the war torn ages, scenes of freedom’s fight
Drawn on hidden pages  haunt our dreams at night  oh oh oh oh oh
Freedom knows your name  oh oh oh
Freedom knows your name  oh oh oh
Freedom knows your name  oh oh oh
Freedom calls your name

To the child without a promise to the frightened and the tame
Although it’s just a whisper… freedom knows your name  

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