I wanna be happy I wanna free my mind I'm so tired of owing money To people all the damn time And I don't know if I can see that Star spangled banner wave The night has fallen, the dust stays thick As it sits on these iron chains Yeah We built ourselves this tower Watch it come crumbling down We built ourselves this tower Watch it come crumbling down We built you up this tower Why you settle it to the ground We built you up this tower And now we're gonna tear it down I just wanna be happy I just wanna free my mind I'm so tired of owing money To people all the damn time I just wanna take these chains off And see this star spangled banner fly Wanna be Wanna be Wanna be Wanna be