Richie Havens - Freedom at Woodstock 1969

Richard Pierce Havens (January 21, 1941 – April 22, 2013) — known as Richie Havens — was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.



His music encompassed elements of folk, soul, and rhythm and blues. He is best known for his intense and rhythmic guitar style (often in open tunings), soulful covers of pop and folk songs, and his opening performance at the 1969 Woodstock Festival.

Freedom Lyrics

Freedom, freedom

Freedom, freedom

Freedom, freedom

Freedom, freedom

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child

A long way from my home

Freedom, freedom

Freedom, freedom

Freedom, freedom

Freedom, freedom

Freedom, freedom

Sometimes I feel like Im almost gone

Sometimes I feel like Im almost gone

Sometimes I feel like Im almost gone

A long, long, long, way, way from my home

Clap your hands, clap your hands

Clap your hands, clap your hands

Clap your hands, clap your hands

Clap your hands, clap your hands

Hey, yeah

I got a telephone in my bosom

And I can call him up from my heart

I got a telephone in my bosom

And I can call him up from my heart

When I need my brother, brother

When I need my mother, mother

Hey, yeah