I've had enough of being programmed and told what I oughta do
Let's get one thing straight. I'll choose my fate and it's got nothing to do with you
The years are flying by and it's time I got high
Took a sample of the good things in life
This is the chance I'm gonna take
Gonna kick out trouble and strife

Now I don't care if the people stare and accuse me of going mad
Just get a long hard look into the mirror then tell me who's been had
The way things are going, I won't get a show in. Don't seem a lot of time, not to me
So it's off with the ties, no compromise. What it takes. What it's like to be free

All right I'm down on the reins, holding the rope.
Live and let live from now on
And as the free hand, alone a free man.
I got a world of my own

I go as I please. Fend for myself. Pull out all the stops
Throw the dice. Out on my own.
Gonna go it alone, when I need it I'll ask for advice