LOW DOWN FREEDOM
(Billy Joe Shaver)


Billy Joe Shaver - 1973





Long haired young girl here beside me
Fit my body, warm my mind
Sleepin' quiet, never knowin'
That tomorrow she'll be one more thing I'm gonna leave behind

Like them big wheels, I'll be rollin'
Like them rivers gonna flow to sea
'Cause I'd rather leave here knowin'
That I made a fool of love before it made a fool of me

Low down freedom, you done cost me
Everything I'll ever lose
You're as empty as my pockets
From the top of where you start down to the bottom of my shoes

Open highway, lonesome wind blowin'
Tell me somethin' I don't know
Wrap them woman's arms around me
Tell me why I'm gonna leave when I don't really wanna go

Low down freedom, you done cost me
Everything I'll ever lose
You're as empty as my pockets
And you're colder than the water that keeps soakin' through my shoes






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - February 2013)