These are questions that certainly plague artists and perhaps most people. My answer is YES... YES fully aware of the consequences... the dangers... the risks... nothing is free in this life but we tend to get what we pay for.

J.P. Whipple : accordion, guitars, ukulele, voices
Byron Owens : gong, doumbek, bells, saw
Filthy McWhiskey : tenor banjo, Irish bazouki
Sean McCarthy : organ

Engineered by John Whipple, James Perry, and Hyrum Summerhays

To Be Free

If you could sell your soul for one lump sum

would you cash in?

Would you take the money and run

and start over again?

Or would you settle for an installment plan

that lets you live comfortably?

Can you tell me the price you pay…

…to be free?

Would you pull out the plug

and sleep in the dirt?

Would you gather all that you love

and kick it to the curb?

Would you shut off all the lights

so you could finally see?

Can you tell me the price you pay…

…to be free?

Would you stray from the path

and make a wrong turn?

Would you walk into the fire

and watch yourself burn?

Would you lay naked with your fears

and let her be?

Can you tell me the price you pay…

…to be free?

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