You Don't Own Me

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 You don't own me You don't own me