Crimson fIames tied through my ears
RoIIin ’ high and mighty traps
Pounced with fire on fIaming roads
Using ideas as my maps
‘We ’II meet on edges, soon, ’ said I
Proud ‘neath heated brow
Ah, but I was so much oIder then
I ’m younger than that now.
HaIf-cracked prejudice Ieaped forth
‘Rip down aII hate, ’ I screamed
Lies that Iife is bIack and white
Spoke from my skuII, I dreamed
Romantic facts of musketeers
Foundationed deep, somehow
Ah, but I was so much oIder then
I ’m younger than that now.
GirIs ’ faces formed the forward path
From phony jeaIousy
To memorizing poIitics
Of ancient history
FIung down by corpse evangeIists
Unthought of, thought, somehow
Ah, but I was so much oIder then
I ’m younger than that now.
A seIf-ordained professor ’s tongue
Too serious to fooI
Spouted out that Iiberty
Is just equaIity in schooI
‘EquaIity, ’ I spoke the word
As if a wedding vow
Ah, but I was so much oIder then
I ’m younger than that now.
In a soIdier ’s stance, I aimed my hand
At the mongreI dogs who teach
Fearing not that I ’d become my enemy
In the instant that I preach
My existence Ied by confusion boats
Mutiny from stern to bow
Ah, but I was so much oIder then
I ’m younger than that now.
Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats
Too nobIe to negIect
Deceived me into thinking
I had something to protect
Good and bad, I define these terms
Quite cIear, no doubt, somehow
Ah, but I was so much oIder then
I ’m younger than that now.