Producer: Herb Alpert Sergio Mendes
[Verse 1]
I rode on your highways
Played cards with some of your guards
Kicked along the stone at sunset
Watched the ways you smile and nod
You smile and nod
[Chorus]
It's a righteous life we're leading, friends
Heavy dues, pay the fee
But no one else notices notices destiny
Except the free
Except the free
[Verse 2]
You can tell it in a smile sometimes
Arrogant, haughty, and cool
Smiling at some stranger
Like a tarot deck card fool
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
Stories that they're weaving now
Are part-fiction, sometimes ruse
You can tell where the real part ends
And it's time to ask for truth
To ask for truth
[Chorus]
[Outro]
Except the free
Except the free
I rode on your highways
Played cards with some of your guards
Kicked along the stone at sunset
Watched the ways you smile and nod
You smile and nod
[Chorus]
It's a righteous life we're leading, friends
Heavy dues, pay the fee
But no one else notices notices destiny
Except the free
Except the free
[Verse 2]
You can tell it in a smile sometimes
Arrogant, haughty, and cool
Smiling at some stranger
Like a tarot deck card fool
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
Stories that they're weaving now
Are part-fiction, sometimes ruse
You can tell where the real part ends
And it's time to ask for truth
To ask for truth
[Chorus]
[Outro]
Except the free
Except the free