Seventeen, headin' down that road of freedom   Well everybody said "Son, you'll never get nowhere"   With my stubbon ways, well I knew that I would show them   You can't keep somethin' wild locked up in a cage      After time went by they finally realized I was on my way   Goin' down that two lane road   Stretched out across the desert   With the hot sun beatin' down on me   I don't know where I'm going   Or when I'm gonna get there   But when I do it will set my mind at ease   I was born, I was born to be free      Lookin' back now I think about those days   And how that one summer changed everything   But in the back of my mind   I still hear the voices   Reminding me that I did it right thing      After time went by they finally realized I was on my way   Goin' down that two lane road   Stretched out across the desert   With the hot sun beatin' down on me   I don't know where I'm going   Or when I'm gonna get there   But when I do it will set my mind at ease   I was born, I was born to be free      After time went by they finally realized I was on my way   Goin' down that two lane road   Stretched out across the desert   With the hot sun beatin' down on me   I don't know where I'm going   Or when I'm gonna get there   But when I do it will set my mind at ease      And I was goin' down that two lane road   Stretched out across the desert   With the hot sun beatin' down on me   I don't know where I'm going   Or when I'm gonna get there   But when I do it will set my mind at ease   I was born, I was born to be free   Born to be free