Single:What Is Freedom?(alternative mix)

by Chuck LeMonds

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lyrics

"What Is F-r-e-e-d-o-m?" copyright Chuck LeMonds & Austro-Mechana

You make your choices
Each and every day
Your heart is your compass
Showing you the way
It’s the water that you drink
It’s been there for the taking
But when the well runs dry
You’re gonna feel your earth start shaking.

What is f-r-e-e-d-o-m to the hungry
What is f-r-e-e-d-o-m to the poor
What is f-r-e-e-d-o-m to the lonely
What is f-r-e-e-d-om
Will it open up the doors
Will it open up the doors
To all people.

Don’t wave no flags
Don’t march the troops
That will not help you now
With that which you pursue
If you really want it
If you really do
Better take a deep look inside
Get to know how you’ve been fooled.

Chorus

Pockets full of sand
Hourglass in your hands
Reeper man knows when
There’s nothing left to lose
How much do you want?
How much can you handle?
It’s a well-known gamble to hope
Someone will set you free.
Chorus

credits

released May 10, 2022
credits:
released June 5, 2022
Chuck LeMonds: acoustic guitar, vocals, recording and mixing
Jörg Haberl: drums
Anne Weiss: backing vocals, recorded at Big Red Studio/Portland, Oregon
Gerald Gradwohl: electric guitar
Herfried Knapp: bass
Mastered by Greg Reierson at Rareform Mastering/ Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Chuck LeMonds’ music is a kind of Country Soul gumbo of blues, folk, funk and country with poetic lyrics that call to be heard. In times like these, the music and songwriting of Chuck LeMonds has the effect of a soothing balsam for the soul, or that of a plow turning over fresh soil in a field waiting to be planted in spring. ... more

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