Song Title: MY BACK PAGES
Album Title: Old Blue - UNDER THE COVERS
Artist: Old Blue
www.OldBlue.info
lyrics
Crimson flames tied through my ears
Rolling high and mighty traps
Countless fires and 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
Foundationed deep, somehow
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
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
My existence led by confusion boats
Mutiny from stern to bow
Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that
credits
from UNDER THE COVERS,
released July 1, 2021
Composed by: Bob Dylan - 1964
All Performances and Production by: RB Smith
www.RBSmith.info
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