crimson flames tied through my years
flowing high and mighty trapped
countless fire and flaming roads
using ideas as my maps
we’ll meet on edges soon said i
proud ‘neath heated brow
refrain
ah but i was so much older then
i’m younger than that now
halfwracked prejudice leaped forth
rip down all hate i screamed
lies that life is black and white
spoke from my skull i dreamed
romantic flanks of musketeers
foundationed deep somehow
refrain
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 i’d become my enemy
in the instant that i preach
sisters fled by confusion boats
mutiny from stern to bow
refrain
ah but i was so much older then
i’m younger than that now
refrain
ah but i was so much older then
i’m younger than that now
4
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
refrain
ah but i was so much older then
i’m younger than that now
Artist: The Byrds
Year: 1967
Decade: 60s
Language: en
Word Count: 114