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Artist: Richie Havens
Canonical path: /havens-richie/freedom
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Freedom
Read Freedom lyrics by Richie Havens on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Freedom
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Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
A long way from my home
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Sometimes I feel like I'm almost gone
Sometimes I feel like I'm almost gone
Sometimes I feel like I'm almost gone
A long, long, long, way, way from my home
Clap your hands
Clap your hands
Clap your hands
Clap your hands
Clap your hands
Clap your hands
Clap your hands
Clap your hands
Hey…yeah
I got a telephone in my bosom
And I can call him up from my heart
I got a telephone in my bosom
And I can call him up from my heart
When I need my brother…brother
When I need my mother…mother
Hey…yeah…etc.
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Richie Havens performs "Freedom", and this lyric page sits inside the Richie Havens catalog on LyroVerse.
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