Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Switchfoot
Canonical path: /switchfoot/the-original
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Original
Read The Original lyrics by Switchfoot on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Original
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Got your hands in your pockets
Like you're ready to pay
Got your eyes out of socket
Like you're a mile away
Mouth shut like a locket
Like you've nothing to say
Speak your mind up come on baby free yourself
Ain't no one to do it
Free yourself
Ain't nothing to it
Free yourself
Don't let nobody try to steal your soul
You're the original
So you say you're just a lost soul
I know you better than that
So you say you're just lost in the wash
I know you better than that
So you say you're just a face in city race
Wasted and sick of it all
Speak your mind up come on baby free yourself
Ain't no one to do it
Free yourself
Ain't nothing to it
Free yourself
Don't let nobody try to steal your soul
You're the original
The original
The original
Free yourself
Ain't no one to do it
Free yourself
Ain't nothing to it
Free yourself
Don't let nobody try to steal your soul
Free yourself
Ain't no one to do it
Free yourself
Ain't nothing to it
Free yourself
Don't let nobody try to steal your soul
You're the original
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