
…for you to walk on by again
I don't need you to set me free
I don't want you to set me free
Well, every time I see you, well, I…
…for you, well, I get sick
I don't want you to set me free
I don't need you to set me free
I don't want you to set me free
I just…
…need you to set me free
I don't want you to set me free
I just need you to set me free
Alright, come on, Prime Minister
Set me free
Set me free
Set me free
...
By Nick Cave (2008)
On album MP3 (2008)

…to sleep
I waited for you to walk on by again
[Chorus]
I don't need you to set me free
I don't want you to set me free
[Verse 2]
Well…
And every time I cry for you, well I get sick
[Chorus]
I don't want you to set me free
I don't need you to set me free
I don't want…
…you to set me free
I just need you to set me free
I don't want you to set me free
I just need you to set me free
Alright come…
By Jim Alxndr (2019)
On album Slave (2019)

…]
Cause I don't want to need you to set me free
Cause I don't want to need you to set me free
[Chorus]
I may…
…me free
Cause I don't want to need you to set me free
[Bridge]
I don't need you to set me free
I don't need you to set me…
…free
Don't need you to set me free
[Chorus]
I may be a slave to love, but I'm not a slave to you
I may…

…is calling
I need you to set me free
[Verse 2]
About to lose my breath
There's no more fighting left
Sinking…
…walls have come
Tumbling down on me
The rain is falling
Defeat is calling
I need you to set me free
I look to you
I look to you
My…
…levees are broken
My walls have come
Tumbling down on me
The rain is falling
Defeat is calling
I need you to set me free
My levees…

…comes along and I get to ride too long
I need you to save me
I need you to set me free
I need you to save me
I need you to set me…
…these good thing comes along and I get to ride too long
I need you to save me
I need you to set me free
I need you to save me
I…
…need you to set me free
(back-up singers) save me save me
(back-up singers) set me free
(normal singer) Set me free
(back-up…

No, I need you to set me free
Would you please have mercy, mercy, yeah, on my heart?
Would you please have mercy, oh mercy yeah…
…you got good intentions
I need you to set me free
I'm begging you for mercy, yeah, yeah
Would you please have mercy, yeah, mercy, oh…

…mercy on me?
I'm a puppet on your strings
And even though you got good intentions
I need you to set me free
Would you please have…
…a puppet on your string
And even though you got good intentions
I need you to set me free
I'm begging you for mercy, mercy
I'm…

…in love No, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh No more fucking, and fucking it up No, oh-oh-oh I feel stubbornness in me And I need you to set me free 'Cause I think I'm falling, I'm falling in love No, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh [Verse 2] I have been locked up in my…
No more fucking, and fucking it up
No, oh-oh-oh
I feel stubbornness in me
And I need you to set me free
'Cause I think I'm falling, I'm…
…and fucking it up
No, oh-oh-oh
I feel stubbornness in me
And I need you to set me free
'Cause I think I'm falling, I'm falling in love
No, oh-oh-oh…
By Sean Kingston (1993)
On album Janet (1993)

…to be
I need you to set me free, yeah
Where are you now?
[Verse 2]
Where are you now now that I'm half grown?
Why are we far apart…
…and walk with me
Show me what to be
I need you to set me free, yeah
[Bridge]
I need you to need me
Can't you see me?
How could you…
…now
Where are you now?
Oh, where are you now?
[Chorus]
So take my hand and walk with me
Show me what to be
I need you to set me free, yeah
Oh, where are you now?
[Outro]
Yeah, yeah
Oh, oh
Yeah…

…to be
I need you to set me free, yeah
Where are you now?
Where are you now?
Now that I'm half-grown
Why are we far apart?
I feel so…
…and walk with me
Show me what to be
I need you to set me free, yeah
I need you
To need me
Can't you see me
How could you leave me
My heart…
Where are you now?
So take my hand and walk with me
Show me what to be, yeah
I need you to set me free, yeah
Oh-oh
Where are you now? Oh
Yeah, yeah, oh-oh
Yeah…

…to me
Well, thanks for the thought
Now turn 'round and get lost
I don't need you to set me free
I remember the day I started…
…for the thought
Now turn 'round and get lost
I don't need you to set me free
You think I'm sorry for the mess I made by
Letting go…
…the cost of you not
Runnin' back to me
Well, thanks for the thought
Now turn 'round and get lost
I don't need you to set me free…

And I believe I'm more than what you see
Welcome to the world inside of me
So strike me
And light me
I need you to set me free
You strike…
…is a liar
The rings of a tree are not what they seem
The rivers underground all run though me
So strike me
And light me
I need you to set me free…
And light me
I need you to set me free
You strike me
You light me
I burn through a life so empty
You know I can't resist…

…to be
I need you to set me free, yeah
Where are you now?
[Verse 2]
Where are you now now that I'm half grown?
Why are we far apart…
…and walk with me
Show me what to be
I need you to set me free, yeah
[Bridge]
I need you to need me
Can't you see me?
How could you…
…now
Where are you now?
Oh, where are you now?
[Chorus]
So take my hand and walk with me
Show me what to be
I need you to set me free, yeah
Oh, where are you now?
[Outro]
Yeah, yeah
Oh, oh
Yeah…

…a puppet on your string
And even though you got good intentions
I need you to set me free
Would you please have mercy, mercy on my heart
Would…
…good intentions
I need you to set me free
I'm begging you for mercy, mercy
I'm begging you, begging you please baby
I'm begging you for mercy, mercy
Oh, I'm begging you, I'm begging you, yeah
[Humming]…

And even though you got good intentions
I need you to set me free
Would you please have mercy, mercy on my heart
Would you please…
…intentions
I need you to set me free
I'm begging you for mercy, mercy
Begging you, begging you, please, baby
I'm begging you for mercy, mercy
Ooh, I'm begging you, I'm begging you…