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Crimson flames tied through my ears
Rollin` high and mighty traps
Pounced with fire on flaming roads
Using ideas as my maps
`We`ll meet on edges, soon,` said I
Proud `neath heated brow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
`m younger than that now.
Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth
`Rip down all hate,` I screamed
Lies that life is black and white
Spoke from my skull. I dreamed
Romantic facts of musketeers
Foundationed deep, somehow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
I`m younger than that now.
Girls` faces formed the forward path
From phony jealousy
To memorizing politics
Of ancient history
Flung down by corpse evangelists
Unthought of, though, somehow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
I`m younger than that now.
A self-ordained professor`s tongue
Too serious to fool
Spouted out that liberty
Is just equality in school
`Equality,` I spoke the word
As if a wedding vow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
I`m younger than that now.
In a soldier`s stance, I aimed my hand
At the mongrel dogs who teach
Fearing not that I`d become my enemy
In the instant that I preach
My pathway led by confusion boats
Mutiny from stern to bow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
I`m younger than that now.
Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats
Too noble to neglect
Deceived me into thinking
I had something to protect
Good and bad, I define these terms
Quite clear, no doubt, somehow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
I`m younger than that now. Send " My Back Pages" Ringtone to your Cell