| C | Am | Em | |
| Cr | imson fl | ames tied | through my ears |
| F | G | C | |
| Rollin' h | igh and mi | ghty tr | aps... |
| C | Am | Em | |
| Po | unced with f | ire on | flaming roads |
| F | G | |
| Using | i-deas as my | maps... |
| Am | Em | |
| "We'll m | eet on edges, | soon said," I, |
| F | G | |
| P | roud 'neath heated | brow... |
| C | Am | Em | F | |
| Ah, but | I was | so much o | lder th | en |
| C | G | C | |
| I'm y | oung-er | than that n | ow. |
| 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. |
| Girl's faces formed the forward path |
| From phony jealousy, |
| To memorizing politics |
| Of ancient history. |
| Flung down by corpse evangelist |
| 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 guards 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. |
| Thanks |
| Randy Robbins |