Tuesday, October 17, 2006

You're Only As Free As You Feel

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I was standing in the bathroom of Starbucks this afternoon taking a wee. And a really nice 60’s-70’s hippie/political song was playing on the Muzak. The refrain or chorus of the song was, “You’re only as free as you feel, you’re only as free as you feel.”
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I’ve searched the web for this with Google and Yahoo and various sites that claim to have lots of lyrics, but I can’t find what song or group this is from. I’ve heard it at least a trillion times, that’s for sure.
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Anyway it sure is a true statement!
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If anyone knows what song this is from I would sure appreciate your contacting me.




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George Reynoso figured it out right away. I got the lyrics a little wrong. It is a Jefferson Airplane song originally published in 1971 on the studio album Bark.


Jefferson Airplane: PRETTY AS YOU FEEL (J. Covington/J. Casady/J. Kaukonen)


You're only pretty as you feel


Only pretty as you feel inside


You're only pretty as you feel


Just as pretty as you feel inside


When you wake up in the morning


Rub some sleep from your eye


Look inside your mirror

Comb your hair


Don't give, no vanity a second thought


No no no


Beauty's only skin deep it goes just so far 'cause


You're only pretty as you feel


As pretty as you feel inside


You're only pretty as you feel (Break)


So now you're feelin' pretty


Now you're feelin' good


Now you're ready to face the world girl


Now you're feelin' good


Go out there 'n' knock 'em silly girl


Go out there 'n' show 'em how ta thrill


Go out there 'n' show 'em how ta thrill'cause you're only pretty as you feel


You're only pretty as you feel


You're only pretty as you feel


pretty as you feel inside


You're only pretty as you feel


feelin' so pretty, feelin' so pretty,


You're only pretty as you feel


feelin' so pretty, feelin' so pretty, feelin' so pretty,


feelin' so pretty, pretty mama.




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