Lyrics

First Place:
words and music by Tony Chapman (copyriqhted)

C#m A
I'm gonna make me free, I'm gonna make me be
E B
What I wanted to be in the first place
A B E
I'm in the first place now
G C G C
Everyone I teamed up with I thought would make things right
F Bb F Bb
They must surely know the answer, help me see the light
E° E7
But I stayed stuck at the beginning,
A B7
now I’m on my feet and I'm singing

I'm gonna make me free, I'm gonna make me be
What I wanted to be in the first place
I'm in the first place now

I tried out what the government said, I tried out television
I tried out what newspapers read, I let them cloud my vision
I tried to be a rebel without a cause, now I'm coming back,
through the front doors

A D E A
Listen to your soul, she knows best,
G# C# F# B
someone said "the mind will turn on you, if its needs are not expressed"
Inst: C#m A E B A B E

I listened to my parents, I listened to the teachers
I listened to my girlfriend, I listened to the preachers
A good Christian boy, I never sinned
Now I'm only going to listen to the wind

I'm gonna make me free, I'm gonna make me be
What I wanted to be in the first place
I'm in the first place now
A B E
I'm in the first place now
A B E
I'm in the first place now