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