You can't have her there every minute of the day And you can't hold her close when the light goes away You can't touch her hair Though you know that's the way it should be You can't have her When the girl wants to be free It hurts so badly you just wanna sleep You love her so completely She's in your movement and when you breathe You read the only letter you didn't rip up together But the girl wants to be free You think you're sleeping under the same star But as far as she's concerned it's only her star You can't hold her when she wants to be free You can only love her When the girl wants to be free