EC#mG#m
Crimson flames tied through my ears,
ABE
rollin' high and mighty traps
C#mG#m
Pounced with fire on flaming roads,
AB
using ideas as my maps
C#mG#m
"We'll meet on edges, soon," said I,
AB
proud 'neath heated brow.
EAE
Ah, but I was so much older then,
ABE
I'm younger than that now.
EC#mG#m
Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth,
ABE
"Rip down all hate," I screamed
C#mG#m
Lies that life is black and white,
AB
spoke from my skull, I dreamed
C#mG#m
Romantic facts of musketeers,
AB
foundationed deep, somehow.
EAE
Ah, but I was so much older then,
ABE
I'm younger than that now.
EC#mG#m
Girls' faces formed the forward path,
ABE
from phony jealousy
C#mG#m
To memorizing politics,
AB
of ancient history
C#mG#m
Flung down by corpse evangelists,
AB
Unthought of, though, somehow.
EAE
Ah, but I was so much older then,
ABE
I'm younger than that now.
EC#mG#m
A self-ordained professor's tongue,
ABE
too serious to fool
C#mG#m
Spouted out that liberty,
AB
is just equality in school
C#mG#m
"Equality," I spoke the word,
AB
as if a wedding vow.
EAE
Ah, but I was so much older then,
ABE
I'm younger than that now.
EC#mG#m
In a soldier's stance, I aimed my hand,
ABE
at the mongrel dogs who teach
C#mG#m
Fearing not that I'd become my enemy,
AB
in the instant that I preach
C#mG#m
My existence led by confusion boats,
AB
mutiny from stern to bow.
EAE
Ah, but I was so much older then,
ABE
I'm younger than that now.
EAE
Ah, but I was so much older then,
ABE
I'm younger than that now.
EC#mG#m
Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats,
ABE
too noble to neglect
C#mG#m
Deceived me into thinking,
AB
I had something to protect
EC#mG#m
Good and bad, I define these terms,
AB
quite clear, no doubt, somehow
EAE
Ah, but I was so much older then,
ABE
I'm younger than that now.
* Alternate:
Capo II
E = DC#m = BmG#m = F#mA = GB = A