Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Prechorus

Chorus

Intro

Verse

 i was born in a lighthouse

 where my mother lay

 and she wont wake for no shouting

 i was raised by the water

 by the crippling waves

 and the gulls gave me my singing voice

Prechorus

 when the devil came to visit me

 he said son i am your enemy

 fear me

 but it came to my surprise

 i was drawn by the fire

Verse

 i set off west in the springtime

 before the flowers had bloomed

 and the frost and ice followed me

 i met a lot of fine women

 with the small of their backs

 shining like the crescent moon

Prechorus

 when the finest came to visit me

 she said son i am your enemy

 fear me

 but it came as no surprise

 i was drawn by the fire

Chorus

 hey

 i am looking for freedom

 in the wild eyes of the dancing girls

 hey

 i am looking for freedom

 in the open arms of america

Verse

i was told to find jesus

in a stained glass church

where the light shines red like blood

but the eyes of his children

were so bitterly burned

that i could not stand to look at them

Prechorus

when he finally came to visit me

he was dressed in the rags of poverty

and it came as no surpass

it came as no surprise

Chorus

hey

i am looking for freedom

in the wild eyes of the dancing girls

hey

i am looking for freedom

in the open arms of america