Free Today

When we are away, we can and do learn new words New concepts, new angles We encounter new authors who spark moments of revelation But feminist theory does not start here Feminist theory might even be what gets you there Within the academy, the word theory has a lot of capital I have always been interested in how the word theory itself is distributed How some materials are understood as theory and not others You're free today All the winds will carry you a good way You're free today And all your good will will be shown You're free today You don't have to tell jokes that you can't tell anyway Cause you're free today And I can see your good will And you don't shake hands With the hands from the other side No, you don't shake hands If the hands are not just right And you don't shake hands If the good is not in sight (what ever!) And you don't shake hands If the hands are not just right Ok let's keep going, come on So you get out to the lake Yes! It's your last swim in 2018 An autumn swim And you take off your shoes Kick them away! That's right Kick them And you let your trousers slip down your ankles Alright! Okay! U-huh! You take off your bra! Let them hang! Yeah They're hangin' I can feel em! And you glide into the water like a venus in oblivion Ah! So nice! You're free today You don't sign any contract that you don't agree to No! No, I will not! You won't, we won't! You're free today Yes! You don't smile if you don't want to Yes! You're free today Cause you're free today Yeah, you're free today Yah! And you don't dance any dance That you won't dance anyway Yes, sister! Yeah, don't dance any dance! Cause you're free today That's right! Relax you're face Ah yes! You don't have to smile if you don't want to Yes, you're free today! And you don't shake hands With the people that you don't like And you don't shake hands If the good ones are out of sight No, you don't shake hands If the hands are not just right The real hands, the hands that I love! And you don't shake hands If the hands are not just right Amen!