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CAPO: 4th Fret
Crimson flames tied through my ears
Rolling high and mighty traps
Countless 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
I'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
Foundation deep, somehow
Ah, but I was so much older then
I'm younger than that now
Girls' faces formed the forward path
From phoney 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
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Ah, but I was so much older then
I'm younger than that now
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
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I'm younger than that now
I'm younger than that now
I'm younger than that now