A lifetime moving on from all the places I don't belong
From people who won't understand, an exile born to wander the land

Free to say what no-one else will say
Our darker side given light of day

The great and good agree, a sentimenal lack of style
They cannot look beyond, behind, beneath their smile, they turn & sigh

Free to say what no-one else will say
Our darker side given light of day

No value for the capital, they say 'go west young man'
Outsider finds a way inside, to reach the Barbican

Cling to life on Clifton Street, Misfits not missed, at last belong
Whispered talk of decadence, with certainty they sing their song

They turn us out, they turn away, outcasts one and all
The flotsam and the jetsam now, outsiders clarion call

We are Free to choose this way, free to think, free to be who we are
Free expression here, free to love while it lasts
We are free to choose this way, free to think, free to be who we are
Free expression here, free to live while it lasts

Total presence here, Total absence brings me back
It brings me back

A lifetime moving on, one more place I don't belong
A life, a world, a gallery, exiled now eternally

I showed the things no-one else would show
Darker sides in all of us we know


We are Free to choose this way, free to think, free to be who we are
Free expression here, free to love while it lasts

We are free to choose this way, free to think, free to be who we are
Free expression here, free to live while it lasts