Free For All

Album: Free For All (1976)
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  • Never before have I turned on you
    You look too good to me
    Your beady eyes, they could cut me in two
    And I just can't let you be
    Well, it's a free for all, and I heard it said
    You can bet your life
    Stakes are high and so am I
    It's in the air tonight

    See you there with your Cheshire grin
    I got my eyes on you
    Shake your tail feather in my face and there's no tell in what I'll do
    Well looky here, you sweet young thing: the magic's in my hands
    When in doubt, I'll whip it out. I got me in a rock 'n roll band
    It's a free for all

    Here we go! Look out below! I'm on the prowl tonight
    When it's said and done, I'll have my fun. I can chew anything I bite
    Come one, come all, to a midnight ball. The invitation's there
    Come alone and I'll drive it home. I'll help you, I do declare
    It's a free for all

    Never before have I turned on you
    Well you look too good to me
    Your beady eyes, they could cut me in two
    And I just can't let you be
    Well, it's a free for all, and I heard it said
    You can bet your life
    Stakes are high and so am I
    It's in the air tonight
    It's a free for all Writer/s: WAYNE SHORTER
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 12

  • L8 from SwedenIn Which movie did I hear Free-for-all?
  • Kurt from Wisconsin Ted claims that he doesn't do drugs but isn't the nicotine he slams down in chew a drug though legal?
  • Lts from Boston, Ma"Why isn't he in the rock and roll hall of fame?"

    Because the rock and roll hall of fame is stupid.
  • Glenn Williams from Detroit, MiI grew up in the same neighborhood as Ted in Detroit just a few blocks from him. I was about 10 years younger and never hung around with him but he was a legend in our neighborhood for good and bad reasons.
  • Marcus T from Santa Clarita CaliforniaWhen Free for All was being produced band members Derek St Holmes, Rob Grange and Cliff Davies wanted some recognition and wanted to be called Ted Nugent and the Band. Ted's manager said no and the band quit before the album was completed. Needing to lay down a few vocal tracks for the album they brought in Meatloaf and paid him 1000 bucks. He received no credit on the album whatsoever. Both Holmes and Meatloaf are on the album. Biggest mistake Ted ever made was not keeping that band together. They were a tight group. Ted's Stranglehold album was the best
  • Martin from Rockford, Ilit is not a fact that meatloaf sings all the songs except for free for all. Free for all is the only song Ted sings. Derek St Holmes sings dog eat dog, light my way, and turn it up.
  • Pat from St. Paul, MnVery last line of the song - "Beat me, beat me, come on eat me." Classic.
  • David from Petaluma, Ca@Geo
    He should be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, but like any other such event ie: Oscars, Academy Awards, Grammy's, if you are a rebel, and Ted sure is, no amount of talent will get you inducted or so honored. But if you ask Ted I bet he would say something like "f--k'em they just don't like me and my guns. I am happy someone like Ted, in his celebrity position, stands up vehemently to the press and anyone else who questions his motives and rights to own guns and hunt for food. Ted kills no animal he isn't going to eat.
  • Lester from New York City, NyNugey's best album. Together, I Love You So I Told You A Lie, Hammerdown, and Writing On The Wall are tremendous tunes. Meatloaf's vocals are great. I can see why Nugent's big ego couldn't handle having Meatloaf around. Ted doesn't do any of those songs in concert because he can't sing them.
  • Geo from Altoona, PaTed Nugent is an advocate against drugs and alcohol...and an avid hunter...the biggest question is ...Why isn't he in the rock and roll hall of fame.????
  • Guilliermo from New York, NyI know it's not all about me, but.... when I 1st heard this song, I was a Jr. in High School (as I'm sure was much of Nugent's target audiance. To me Cat Scratch, Wang Dang etc., and this, were veritable anthems of, it's-ok-to-lust. The opening riff may as well have been the hormones raging through an adolescent body.
  • Sled from St. Louis, Mo"It's a free-for-all and the height of sin"
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