Free Spirit Lady...Words and Music by Floyd Thomas Pratt F.H.C., M.A.G.I.
Publisher: Floyd Thomas Pratt F.H.C., M.A.G.I.
Published: 1976
Place of publication: Spingfield, Missouri
Format: .wav
Description: This song was inspired by my lovely wife Bonnie because she was the first woman's libber I had ever met up until that time of my life. Very independent and self willed, I was lucky to have been part of her life. I was actually sending a money order to her at the Western Union when I lived in Springfield, Missouri and she was visiting her mother in Decatur, Illinois. While at the Western Union office I saw a tattered, holes in her jeans, long stringy hair hippy type girl and she made such an impression on me as to how she could live like that, my heart was filled with compassion and when I got home "Free Spirit Lady" was conceived. My neighbor, Robert "Bob" McCormack liked the song so well he offered to buy the rights to it because he had connections in Nashville and felt the song had great commercial potential. I balked knowing how the music industry absorbs musicians and their songs and felt it was not wisdom to turn over the rights of a song, which carried such emotional content for me to strangers. I now share this with you.
Table of contents: title: Free Spirit Lady...Words and Music by Floyd Thomas Pratt F.H.C., M.A.G.I. 1976; title: I met her at the Western Union waiting for a telegram,; title: She asked me if I knew where she could spend the night?...I smiled and held out my hand; title: and said, "You can stay with me",; title: She said, "I'm a free spirit lady, I toss my love to the wind,; title: here today tomorrow I'll be gone again,; title: I'll spend the night with you and you'll become my friend,; title: I have things to do in places I've never been.; title: I took her home I gave her a bath, I washed the dirt off of her feet,; title: I washed and combed and brushed her hair I made her smell so sweet,; title: and said, "You can stay with me",; title: She said, "I'm a free spirit lady, I toss my love to the wind,; title: here today tomorrow I'll be gone again,; title: I'll make love to you like I would any man,; title: I have things to do in places I've never been.; title: We danced wined and dined I held her close cheek to cheek,; title: I took her home and we made love, I've never known a love so sweet,; title: and said, "You can stay with me",; title: She said, "I'm a free spirit lady, I toss my love to the wind,; title: here today tomorrow I'll be gone again,; title: I'll make love to you but let no love begin,; title: I have things to do in places I've never been.; title: All through the night I held her close, it felt good someone lovin' me,; title: I woke up in the mornin' all alone, found a note on the pillow next to me,; title: it said, "Thank you for a wonderful time".; title: But, "I'm a free spirit lady, I toss my love to the wind,; title: here today tomorrow I'll be gone again,; title: Thank you for the things you did and for being my friend,; title: I have things to do in places I've never been."; title: Free Spirit Lady, to you it was all a game,; title: I'm in love with you and I don't even know your name,; title: Free Spirit Lady, where do I begin?