Intro
C#
[Verse 1]
C# A#m Fm
Crimson flames tied through my ears
F# G# C#
Rollin' high and mighty traps
C# A#m Fm C#
Pounced with fire on flaming roads
F# Fm G#
Using ideas as my maps
F# A#m G# C#
"We'll meet on edges, soon," said I
A#m F# G#
Proud 'neath heated brow.
C# A#m C#
Ah, but I was so much older then,
F# G# C#
I'm younger than that now.
[Instrumental]
G# G# G# G#
[Verse 2]
C# A#m Fm
Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth
F# G# C#
"Rip down all hate," I screamed
C# A#m Fm
Lies that life is black and white
F# G#
Spoke from my skull. I dreamed
A#m Fm
Romantic facts of musketeers
F# G#
Foundationed deep, somehow.
C# A#m Fm F#
Ah, but I was so much older then,
G# C#
I'm younger than that now.
[Verse 3]
C# A#m Fm
Girls' faces formed the forward path
F# G# C#
From phony jealousy
C# A#m Fm
To memorizing politics
F# G#
Of ancient history
A#m Fm
Flung down by corpse evangelists
F# G#
Unthought of, though, somehow.
C# F# C#
Ah, but I was so much older then,
F# G# C#
I'm younger than that now.
[Verse 4]
C# A#m Fm
A# self-ordained professor's tongue
F# G# C#
Too serious to fool
C# A#m Fm
Spouted out that liberty
F# G#
Is just equality in school
A#m Fm
"Equality," I spoke the word
F# G#
As if a wedding vow.
C# A#m
Ah, but I was so much older then,
F# G# C#
I'm younger than that now.
[Verse 5]
C# A#m Fm
In a soldier's stance, I aimed my hand
F# G# C#
At the mongrel dogs who teach
C# A#m Fm
Fearing not that I'd become my enemy
F# G#
In the instant that I preach
A#m F# C#
My existence led by confusion boats
A#m Fm G#
Mutiny from stern to bow.
C# A#m F# C#
Ah, but I was so much older then,
G# C#
I'm younger than that now.
[Verse 6]
C# A#m Fm
Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats
F# G# C#
Too noble to neglect
C# A#m Fm
Deceived me into thinking
F# G#
I had something to protect
A#m Fm
Good and bad, I define these terms
F# G#
Quite clear, no doubt, somehow.
C# A#m F# C#
Ah, but I was so much older then,
G# C#
I'm younger than that now.
transcribed by orest