Every year when I was a young boy
I would spend summers in Tennessee
On Muz and Papa's farm, rolling fields a red barn

And I would run and be free
Now back home it was a 180
For LA was a great big city
But my skateboard I'd ride, with adventure my guide

And I would run and be free
Well then life it got more complicated
Yes when you grow up that can be
Oh so much can get lost those ambitions can cost

And I forgot to run and be free
So into my body and outta my head
To hear and see and feel instead
Or the wonders of the world are lost on me

To place happiness outside of me
Or not rest till I'm a somebody
Makes it hard to run and be free
Now there's a whole lot than can get in the way

Like tryin' to achieve certainty
Or filling my plate up endlessly
Or even trying to hard to please
So have you had a light bulb moment?
The kind that opens your eyes so you see?

Made you move on your list things which you shouldn't miss
Like time to run and be free
So into my body, and outta my head
To hear and see and feel instead

Or the wonders of the world are lost on me
Demanding life give guarantees
Comparing what is to fantasy
Make it hard to run and be free