Freedom County Songtext
von Massy Ferguson

In the spring of ′95, a crowd gathered here
With steely eyes and minds on succession
Down the river banks to the Rome restaurant
Where they took their oaths, wrote their own laws
Tired of paying tax to the big city folk
Tired of legal devils in black robes
Stokes and Olympia fighting court
Yeah, it's gonna be a little while
′Cause Liberty Bucks don't pay for the fees

They'd start a revolution then somehow
And take back from the county all the land there and now

They said, "Twelve thousand strong, the long arm of the law
The county and the bureaucrats combined can′t stop us all
We′ll bring militia in if that's what it means
′Til they give us Freedom County, 'cause they know we pack heat"


Well, Sheriff Bart got word of this
And clenched jaw and balled up fist
A thousand-mile line in the sand
Stokes was there, the outlaw statesman
The local Herald had him pinned
He said, "Rise up, boys, it′s only the start"

Settle things the old-fashioned way
Irregardless what police might have to say

"Twelve thousand strong, the long arm of the law
The county and the bureaucrats combined can't stop us all
Gonna be a showdown with Sheriff Bart and his patriots in the street
′Til they give us Freedom County, 'cause they know we pack heat"

They made threats to the governor
Threats of PCP in the water
The county on the edge of its seat
He'd start the fire up Saturday
With an iron grip on the property
He said take a map and draw their own lines

They′d start a revolution then somehow
And take back from the county all the land there and now


They said, "Twelve thousand strong, the long arm of the law
The county and the bureaucrats combined can′t stop us all
Gonna be a showdown with Sheriff Bart and his patriots in the street
'Til they give us Freedom County, ′cause they know we pack heat
'Til they give us Freedom County, ′cause they know we pack heat
'Til they give us Freedom County, ′cause they know"

No more, no more, no more
No more, no more