The Clansman -- Iron Maiden

Wake alone in the hills  With the wind in your face  It feels good to be proud 
And be free and a race  That is part of a clan  And to live on highlands
And the air that you breathe   So pure and so clean
When alone on the hills  With the wind in your hair  With a longing to feel  Just to be free

(**)  Is it right to believe  In the need to be free  It's a time when you die 
And without asking why  Can't you see what they do  They are grinding things down
They are taking our land   That belongs to the clans
Not alone with a dream  Just a want to be free  With a need to belong
I am a clansman  Freedom

It's a time wrought with fear  It's a land wrought with change
Ancestors could hear  What is happening now  They would turn in their graves
They would all be ashamed  That the land of the free  Has been written in chains
And I know what I want  When the timing is right 
Then I'll take what is mine  I am the clansman

And I swear to defend  And we'll fight to the end  And I swear that I'll never be taken alive
And I know that we'll stand  And we'll fight for our land
And I swear that my bairns  Will be born free  And I know what I want  When the timing is right  Then I'll take what I want  I am the clansman  Freedom
no we can't let them take anymore  No we can't let them take anymore
We've the land of the free 

(**)  

This song describes the struggle of the Scottish clans to free themselves of English oppression; the ill-intentioned people who tried to see some analogies with Ku-Klux-Klan in the lyrics are sorely mistaken. This is a song about freedom and resistance against an oppressor, and there is no hint of racism in it whatsoever.                              (songfacts)

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                        George Carlin  - No Freedom of Choice