Sittin' in this lonely town Wonderin' when things are gonna change Dreamin' my life away and it seems them dreams They turned into a bunch of dust clouds Gettin' my nerve up But my past is pullin' me down Wonderin' how long This black sheep can, can stick around Somebody told me once before You can never go home again once you leave Say anything just to steer me away From the truth of what I who I am and what I believe So I thanked him for his two cents With a shake and some sympathy And I packed up my blue jeans And I headed for the big prize of my freedom So bye bye black sheep of the family Bye bye black sheep how that means so much to me Bye bye to my friends and to my family Bye bye black sheep goin' off and set my soul, set it free, free Times they were changin' I did just a little re-arrangin' Take a couple chances my progress it advances To that prize of my freedom, yeah And it's written in the stars Steel bars never will a prison cell make Once I find that sweet home Or some place I like to call home anyway Some people will say I'm crazy Singin' out loud like I do here on the street When I got a song I'll sing it out loud And if you don't like that my friend, well I'm gonna say Bye bye black sheep, black sheep of the family Bye bye goodbye to my friends And black sheep you know you always means so much to me Bye bye to my friends and you been my family Bye bye black sheep goin' off and set my soul, set it free, free