Songwriters: Chapman, Beth Nielsen; Roboff, Annie L.;I had it tough when I was just a little kid  It didn't matter what I thought  It didn't matter what I did  I felt the doubt for what I lacked right from the start  It did a number on my head  It could never touch my heart    'Cause I had just enough imagination  Just enough to keep the faith  That somehow I would think of what to do  When I'd get lost in a momentary weakness of emotion  All the angels came around to help me through    Life blows fast changes, wind blows past pages  All I see is I don't need this  High strung tightrope walk, ticking time bomb clock  Scratch my name off, cut these chains    I'm free, kickin' out of that prison, I am free  Singin' those words of wisdom, let it be  Nobodys gonna put the blues inside of me    And in the stress to be the best I've done it all  I've slammed the doors, I've jammed the locks  I've laid the bricks, I've built the walls  Nobone could tell me back then why joy eluded me  Kept bumping into that misery  Locked up deep down inside of me    Took that rage and I, turned that page and I  Packed my tools, went back to school, yeah  And I passed my graduation, and I hold my Ph.d  In crash test blues I paid those dues    I'm free, kickin' out of that prison, I am free  Singin' those words of wisdom, let it be  Nobody's gonna put the blues inside of me, yeah    Time flies by in photographs  And paper scraps and songs  Here I stand in ruby slippers  Three taps takes me home    Yeah, I'm free  I'm free    I'm free, kickin' out of that prison, I am free  Singin' those words of wisdom, let it be  Nobody's gonna put the blues inside of me, Ohh yeah    I'm free  I'm free  I'm free  Yeah, I'm free    Time flies by in photographs  And paper scraps and songs  Here I stand in ruby slippers  Three taps takes me home    Yeah, I'm free  Yeah, I'm free  I'm free  Ohh yeah  I'm free  Free      © ALMO MUSIC CORP;    these lyrics are last corrected by alexandra gaydarova