All my life, I have known It ain't easy on your own And this time I spent alone, I called it free All my life I have seen People treating people mean And they break each other's dream so heartlessly And I don't know why We don't quit thinkin' There's so much at stake And this sadness leaves me aching Don't you know we hold each other down? All my life, I have tried Not to leave the truth denied Keep the little strings inside in harmony And I don't know why We don't quit thinkin' There's so much at stake And this sadness leaves me aching Don't you know we hold each other down? Don't they know we hold each other down?