Lessons From A Prison Lifer – Live Free or Die!

I wrote the song, Live Free or Die!, when I was volunteering in a maximum security prison. A man serving a life sentence told me he had found peace 10 years into his sentence while watching a bird flying through the bars of his jail cell. In that moment he felt peace, and while the bird had no possessions and was a simple creature, it knew was created for a reason. He realized that even in a prison, with a purpose he could be free. It was then he let his hate and anger go, and he became a new man, dedicated to following God and learning what it means to be free.

I wrote this song for him inspired by the bird and my own motorcycle trip to freedom. Click here to listen to a free stream on my music player!

Live Free or Die!!!

by Silouan Green

Dark rooms and battered dreams, Pretty girls just memories

Remember when I thought I’d be someone

Rains came crashing in on me, looking around but I can’t see

I can’t feel anything, there is no hope for me

 

I heard an eagle cry, she said live free or die

Ain’t gonna fall on a deaf ear

 

Left my front door open one day, sold my radio, computer, TV

Bought a bike and then I raced toward the Texas sky

Smelled the grass, the dew, the trees, I just road and road you see

Found a girl and I know she’s gonna be the one

 

I heard an eagle cry, she said live free or die

Ain’t gonna fall on a deaf ear

Ooh, ooh, ooo, Ooh, ooh, oo, Ooh, ooh, oo, Ooh, ooh, oo,

 

Having a beer in my big chair, I got children everywhere

Singing songs about the roads I done seen

When I hear the devil’s song, tells me I’m just a little someone

I look outside and I can hear her singing to me

 

I heard an eagle cry, she said live free or die

Ain’t gonna fall on a deaf ear

Ooh, ooh, ooo, Ooh, ooh, oo, Ooh, ooh, oo, Ooh, ooh, oo

Ooh, ooh, ooo, Ooh, ooh, oo, Ooh, ooh, oo, Ooh, ooh, oo