I woke up this mornin´, and the world was gray.
Haven´t seen the sun since they hauled me away.
The boss man says there´s no use in tryin´,
He won´t let me color outside of the lines.

Got these chains on me,
And, they´re draggin´ me down.
Got these chains on me,
Hear that clankin´ sound?
Got these chains on me,
Mister, hear my song.
Don´t say imagination is morally wrong.

Mm-hmm-hmm
Drink of water, boss?

As long as I´ve been here I got nothin´ to show,
Try to make somethin´ but the boss says no
Wanna be creative but the man won´t hear it
That big boss man is tryin´ to crush my spirit

Got these chains on me,
They won´t let me fly
Got these chains on me,
Won´t tell me why
Got these chains on me
Mister, hear my song.
Don´t say imagination is morally wrong
No, they won´t let us dance or bang that gong,
´Cause they say imagination is morally wrong!