I guess everybody knew the way the sergeant knocked her 'round  But he laid down the law in that dusty cattle town  The front bar just fell silent when she begged him please no more  But no-one interfered when he slapped her to the ground  But a young man watched the sergeant leave and knelt down by her side  And a lost love was re-kindled when she held him in her eyes  And in that unexpected moment two hearts were takin' flight  As down that moonlit highway they spend into the night  CHORUS   Freedom road they're leaving this towen behind   Freedom road there's no turning round this time   There's no way back when two worlds explode   There're somewhere out there on that freedom road  They reached the three ways roadhouse took the Barkley to the east  They'd head across to Queensland get a job out on the reef  Then in the rear view mirror they saw the sergeant close in behind  Their hearts were puonding harder as they neared the border line  CHORUS  For the first time in her life there was a freedom in the wind  So when they saw the roadblock don't slow down she begged him  They rolled and then burst into flames they didnt stand a chance  In the stillness of that ghostly dawn they reached their promise land  CHORUS