Thinking  Allowed  -  Skyclad

  My  mind  was  a  timebomb

  That  was  set  to  explode

  So  I  packed  up  my  cares

  Into  the  sunset  I  rode

  A  path  to  hell  that's  paved

  With  good  intentions.

    Well  I  guess  you  and  I

  Will  never  see  eye  to  eye

  But  if  there's  one  thing  I'll  be

  Glad  to  know  when  I  die

  It's  I  that  never  entertained  your

    'Can't  Conventions.'

    Two  men  gaze  from  behind

  Their  prison  bars

  One  man  sees  dirt

  The  other  sees  stars

    I'm  just  thinking  aloud

  Isn't  thinking  allowed?

    Just  let  your  mind  wander

  It  may  never  come  back

    Set  off  on  a  new  train  of  thought

  On  life's  track.

    I'm  just  thinking  aloud

  Isn't  thinking  allowed?

  Why  is  nobody  thinking?

    How  can  you  call  me  a  failure

  Or  a  social  defective

  When  to  find  your  own  mind

  You'd  need  a  private  detective?

  I'm  not  a  statistic  or

  A  regular  family  man.

    I  don't  give  a  damn  about  public  relations

  I'll  never  live  up  to

  great  Your  expectations

  You  can  take  or  leave  me

  Just  the  way  I  am.

    Your  straight  jacket  emotions

  Only  stifle  and  kill

  The  spirit  within  us  all

  I  call  free  will.

    I'm  just  thinking  aloud

  Isn't  thinking  allowed?

  Two  men  gaze  from  behind

  Their  prison  bars

  One  man  sees  dirt

  The  other  sees  stars.

    I'm  just  thinking  aloud

  Isn't  thinking  allowed?