You know, there was a time when,
if someone told you to do something, you did it.
Bam! Right on! No questions asked.
It was, "Yes, sir" and "Yes, ma'am".
You never said, "No".
You know? Hah.
But, you know, things are changing nowadays.
It's a new day, babies.
Folks want to take their own lives into their hands
and make their own choices.
No longer do they wanna go along with the program
'cause everybody say it's right.
You know what I mean?
Let me tell ya what I'm talkin' about,
ya see, 'cause...

I don't want no gold watch for workin'
fifty years from nine till five.
a-while the boss is guzzling champagne
and I'm beltin' beer in some dive.
'Cause I want to be happy and free,
Livin' and loving for me.
I want to be happy and free,
Livin' and lovin' for me.
Like a natural man (like a natural man).
A natural man (like a natural man).

Well, now, I refuse to listen to people's
thinkin' that I live too high.
I'm gonna taste it now,
Before my one life streaks on by.

'Cause I want to be happy and free,
Livin' and lovin' for me.
I want to be happy and free,
Livin' and lovin' for me.
Just like a natural man (like a natural man).
I said, a natural man (just like a natural man).

Well, now, I tried to do
what others said that I should do.
They said that I should fit in,
fool 'em, fake it.
Well, those kinda do's
just make me crazy and blue.
Man, I just can't take it.

So when you see me walkin',
Won't you notice that proud look in my eyes.
My feet are on the ground,
And my soul is searchin' for the sky.

'Cause I want to be happy and free,
Livin' and loving for me.
I want to be happy and free,
Livin' and lovin' for me.
Just like a natural man (just like a natural man).
A natural man (just like a natural man).
Just like a natural man (just like a natural man).

My feet are on the ground (just like a natural man).
My soul is searchin' for the sky
(just like a natural man).
Like a natural man (just like a natural man).
No more, "Yes, sir" (just like a natural man).
No more, "Yes, ma'am" (just like a natural man).
Hah! 'Cause I'm a natural man
(just like a natural man).
I'm a natural man...