Like a mute canary in cage,
Like a blind dog chained away,
I tried to escape,
Break free and get away.
Like a crying fish in a bowl,
Like the people that have come before me,
I dreamt of the day,
I will be set free.

CHORUS
I was born naked,
Naked and free,
Grew up in captivity,
Now I'm stuck in this cell.
Set me free, set me free,
Set me free, set me free.

Like a lion motionless in a cell,
Like the people standing in a cue,
I know there must be more,
I can be, I can do.
If you find it with in yourself,
Then I'll leave with out bitterness,
I'll wave and I'll smile,
Poor but set free.

CHORUS
I was born naked,
Naked and free,
Grew up in captivity,
Now I'm stuck in this cell.
Set me free, set me free,
Set me free, set me free.

Let me live my own way,
Let me be what I can be,
Let me roam I will not moan,
Let me go, let me go.
Set me free, set me free,
Set me free, set me free,
Set me free, set me free,
Set me free (Set me free)

CHORUS
I was born naked,
Naked and free,
Grew up in captivity,
Now I'm stuck in this cell.
Set me free, set me free,
Set me free, set me free,
Set me free.