If I Were Free - Live at GOTR Daytrotter Session, Troy, OH, August 30, 2013

If I were free
 I would run into battles with flowers and hugs
 And bow at the boots of our well-oiled thugs
 Yes, if I were free
 If it were me
 I would yell out "I love you!" to all I passed
 I would disrobe and disco and rip off my mask
 Yes, if I were free I'd be the 'U' that crossed the 'I' to simply 'B'
 Minding our reflections at the bottom of the sea
 What did you see?
 I saw that you and I forever have been free
 The light became too heavy and I fell into a dream
 What did you dream?
 I dreamed a wind that would sweep
 Every castle made of sand
 Out across the old far holy land
 Oh, if this were free
 If this were free
 We'd be free of the terror of the graves
 And fear masquerading as the brave
 Oh, if this were free
 I woke upon a pig of red, white and blue
 The circus got too heavy so we fell into the zoo
 What did you feel?
 I felt the fear that every queer does in his head
 First thing to starting over, I made sure I was dead
 What did you dream?
 Swimming with ancients, laughing, tired of getting lost
 We took our left, remember, when we leaned upon the cross
 What did you see?
 I saw that you and I forever have been free
 The light became too heavy and we fell into a dream