Songwriter: Michael Martin Murphey
Producer: Bob Johnston
Prometheus was a good friend of Zeus
But he stole that heavenly fire
He gave it away to the people they say
People were his heart's desire
He couldn't be trusted
So Zeus had him busted
Bound him to a rock with a chain
Lord Zeus has his ways
He can drive a man crazy
By leaving him out in the rain
Prometheus got busted
But his chains are getting rusty
Zeus, won't you turn him loose
Free spirits got to be free
(Turn him loose won't you turn him loose, Zeus)
Trial was unjust
Nothing discussed
Malice of forethought the crime
People condemned him
Supernatural women
Said he was wastin' his time
Down on the earth for what it was worth
Preachers prayed for his soul
But in the end most of his friends
Just left him out in the cold
But he stole that heavenly fire
He gave it away to the people they say
People were his heart's desire
He couldn't be trusted
So Zeus had him busted
Bound him to a rock with a chain
Lord Zeus has his ways
He can drive a man crazy
By leaving him out in the rain
Prometheus got busted
But his chains are getting rusty
Zeus, won't you turn him loose
Free spirits got to be free
(Turn him loose won't you turn him loose, Zeus)
Trial was unjust
Nothing discussed
Malice of forethought the crime
People condemned him
Supernatural women
Said he was wastin' his time
Down on the earth for what it was worth
Preachers prayed for his soul
But in the end most of his friends
Just left him out in the cold
more tracks from the album
From the album
- Cosmic Cowboy Souvenir (1973)
Michael Martin Murphey popular songs
- Maybe This Time
- Wildfire
- Red River Valley
- What’s Forever For
- Renegade
- Little Joe, the Wrangler
- When the Work’s All Done This Fall
- Riders in the Sky
- What Am I Doing Here
- From the Word Go
- Ring of Truth
- Children of the Wild World
- Roses and Thorns
- Let the Cowboy Dance
- Geronimo’s Cadillac
- Tying Knots in the Devil’s Tail
- Harbor For My Soul
- Running Shadow
- Cowboy Logic
- Hearts in the Right Place
- Calico Silver
- The Heart Knows the Truth
- Wild Bird
- Spanish is the Lovin’ Tongue