Tamino - You Don't Own Me Lyrics

Tamino - You Don't Own Me Lyrics

You may keep me in

In between your walls

Ban me from traveling

And tell me not to sing

 

And you may have your thoughts

A sketch of who I am

A notion you’ve conceived

A sight you want to see

 

But you don’t know me

No, you don’t know me

 

You claim to walk in love

Though mercy is your foe

You’ve already dug a grave

Now you hope I misbehave

 

You say you know the cause

Of every shattered dream

Even when there’s none to blame

You always shout my name

 

But I don’t owe you

I’ve never owed you

 

You may keep me here

You seem to know just how

To pin me to the ground

Each time you come around

 

Take away my home

Obscuring what I am

And plague me all night long

And lay claim to Freedom’s song

 

But you don’t own me

No, you don’t own me