Ray Thomas and Nicky James)



Well I've always been a dreamer

and I sometimes play the fool

but when the lights go down

and I hear the crowd then I'm cool



Then I sing my song of freedom

and I sing my songs of love

but there's nothing changed

'cause I'm still the same as I was



You gotta keep on keep on searching

you gotta keep on searching

and I believe I've found the way

along the road along the road of freedom

you gotta keep on trying to belong

come sing the song be strong



I sometimes think that the world's gonna pass me by

in my mind I ask myself the reason why

and before I know the answer's come and gone

and before I know the music's turned me on



You gotta keep on keep on searching

you gotta keep on searching

and I believe I've found the way

along the road along the road of freedom

you gotta keep on trying to belong

come sing the song be strong



Well I sometimes stop and wonder

just what we are doing now

life has got to change

maybe we can arrange it somehow



But then I've always been a dreamer

and I sometimes play the fool

but when the lights go down

and I hear the crowd then I'm cool



You gotta keep on keep on searching

you gotta keep on searching

and I believe I've found the way

along the road along the road of freedom

you gotta keep on trying to belong

come sing the song be strong



We gotta keep on searching

we gotta find a way (gotta find a way)

along the road of freedom (along the road of freedom)

we'll be there someday (we'll be there someday)

we gotta keep on searching (we gotta keep on searching)

we gonna find a way (gonna find a way)

along the road of freedom (along the road of freedom)

we'll be there someday (we'll be there someday)



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