Whoa. take me gently And whoa. hold me tenderly Whoa. let me be free, oh yes And live my life among my brethrens The Father taught us, to be clean, oh yes And to share our thoughts among our brethrens And respect we must have for the older ones And so we'll be loved - so, yeah Little did you know that, He hates those That tries to do His children wrong But His children got to keep the pressure down 'Cause they know just where they belong So, whoa. oh whoa-oh, take me gently And oh. me tenderly Whoa. let me be free, oh yes And live my life among my brethrens You've got to let me be free Among myself, yeah Yeah, yeah