Answer:
People want it, and when they have it, they use it by giving it
One who has offended the government and has been detained by it
Tickle with your fingers and a song it will sing. Be careful, though, you may break a string. What is it?
Temporary evidence of where you've been strolling
In your fire you hear me scream! Creaking and whining yet I am dead before you lay me in your hearth.
Dry though I may be, I am still a sea.