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