Those Freedom Days

Those freedom days, those freedom days

Echo in the back of my mind in so many ways

Twenty-four years ago, twenty-four years old

Didn't know then how fast time would fold

Twenty-four reasons why I can't explain

Why your memory still cuts through the rain

Your pretty long blonde hair in the summer light

The way you made me stare — felt so damn right

Every streetlight hums your name

Every goodbye still feels the same

Those freedom days

Those freedom days

When love was wild and the nights were brave

Those freedom days

Those freedom days

Every time I think of you I drift away

Yeah, I go back to

Those freedom days

We didn't talk about tomorrow back then

Just burned through nights like they'd never end

Cheap wine dreams and borrowed time

Thought the world would always stay in line

You laughed like trouble, kissed like truth

Wore that freedom like eternal youth

I said I'd call, you said"don't change"

But life moved fast, and love rearranged

Now every song on the radio plays

Like a ghost from those freedom days

Those freedom days

Those freedom days

When hearts were loose and the rules were vague

Those freedom days

Those freedom days

Yeah, every time I think of you I drift away

I go back to

Those freedom days

I don't miss the pain

I don't miss the fights

I miss believing everything would be alright

I miss the feeling before the fall

When nothing mattered — nothing at all

Time keeps rolling, like a worn-out train

But memory don't ever fade

Some loves leave, but some loves stay

Frozen in those freedom days

Those freedom days

Those freedom days

When love felt real and the nights were saved

Those freedom days

Those freedom days

I just can't say goodbye — no way

When I think of you

Yeah, I go back to

Those freedom days

Those freedom days

Those freedom days

Still rolling through me

Like a slow-burning blues

From those freedom days