You keep speakin' of freedom But what happens when you don't agree? Don't talk on about freedom When you don't know what freedom means Hear a song, you think wrong, you condemn it In your mind, you're not kind at all So it seems, greater means only one thing That with you we must agree Come on, wake up children, can't you see That you are not as free as me? Try a little understandin' (Try a little understandin') Try a little gentleness (Try a little gentleness) You must be able, deny the fable When all you do is follow You keep tellin' your brothers That man can only fight for what is right Don't tell me about brothers If you can't join the family When a man, takes a stand, you decry him Hear him speak, think he's me, that's not all You use force as a source of revoltin' 'Cause with you it seems we must agree Come on, wake up children, can't you see That you are not as free as me? Try a little understandin' (Try a little understandin') Try a little gentleness (Try a little gentleness) You must be able, deny the fable When all you do is follow You keep speakin' of freedom But what happens when you don't agree? Don't talk on about freedom When you don't know what freedom means