Gettin' My "Child of the 70s" On...

[gnomi]

Song firmly lodged in my brain by popfiend, though I doubt he meant to do so...


FREE TO BE ... YOU AND ME
(Bruce Hart / Stephen Lawrence)


There's a land that I see where the children are free
And I say it ain't far to this land from where we are
Take my hand, come with me, where the children are free
Come with me, take my hand, and we'll live

In a land where the river runs free
In a land through the green country
In a land to a shining sea
And you and me are free to be you and me

I see a land bright and clear, and the time's comin' near
When we'll live in this land, you and me, hand in hand
Take my hand, come along, lend your voice to my song
Come along, take my hand, sing a song

For a land where the river runs free
For a land through the green country
For a land to a shining sea
For a land where the horses run free
And you and me are free to be you and me

Every boy in this land grows to be his own man
In this land, every girl grows to be her own woman
Take my hand, come with me where the children are free
Come with me, take my hand, and we'll run

To a land where the river runs free
To a land through the green country
To a land to a shining sea
To a land where the horses run free
To a land where the children are free
And you and me are free to be
And you and me are free to be
And you and me are free to be you and me

Comments

[greenlily.livejournal.com]

*can still remember many of the words to "Glad To Have A Friend Like You" without looking them up*

*is a huge, huge nerd*

*does not care*

[gem225.livejournal.com]

I don't know this song. I like the lyrics, though.

[madwriter.livejournal.com]

Oddly enough I was just singing this (to our cats) earlier this week. :D

I also got my niece a copy of the original recording on CD for Christmas a couple of years ago.

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

i had that record when i was little. i had the book, too. aaaand if i get this stuck in my head i am SO going to blame you. :p

[kuroshii.livejournal.com]

OK but where were you when i had "housework" going through my head (which was never a song, but was performed spoken-word) for days on end last march as i was getting this place ready for my mom?!?!?

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

the current household selection is "Don't Dress Your Cat In An Apron," for reasons which I believe you can well understand!

[popfiend.livejournal.com]

How?

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

You said something about CDF being about "being free to be you and me." And I'm very, very susceptible to musical earworms, so the song lodged itself into my brain.

[epj.livejournal.com]

Atalanta, who could run as fast as the wind! The obnoxious "ladies first!" girl! Oh, I loved that record!