All right      It makes you wanna get away   You know you got to stay   Lookin' for love, but you know it aint' easy   Lookin' for freedom and everybody needs it      All the young dudes, in jail   Will remember when the laws are finally changed   And they'll wonder, 'bout Oscar   Who spent five years in a Texican jail      What do you say? What about you?   Baby what cha gonna do, 'bout Mary Lou?   She died in Santa Rita   Billy shot it out in Alameda      It makes you wanna get away   You know you got to stay   Lookin' for love but you know it ain't easy   Dance with the dragon it's the year that it breathes      Oh, slow fire, slow fire   'Nam vets, scared yet   Heroes dreams   And broken bayonets      No choice   No voice   I got to find a reason   For my heart to rejoice      Yankee Doodle get it up   And stick a feather in your hat   Yankee Doodle keep it up   And call it macaroni      Yankee Doodle get it up   And stick a feather in your hat   Yankee Doodle keep it up   And call it macaroni      I wanna get away   I know I got to stay   Lookin' for love, but you know it ain't easy   Dance with the dragon it's the year that it breathes      Slow fire, slow fire, all right, dragon year   So clear, the sound of wings burnin' in my ear   Is it the risin' sun? Is it the settin' sun?   Dance with the dragon 'til the year is done      Yankee Doodle get it up   And stick a feather in your hat   Yankee Doodle keep it up   And call it macaroni   Yeah, yeah, yeah      I can see by the smile on your face   That you know what I mean   If you can hear me   Won't you come near me whenever you can?   And it all gets down to love      Love is hard   Love is hard   Love is hard   Love is hard