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Written by Bob Dylan

Crimson flames tied through my ears
Rollin' high and mighty traps
Pounced with 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,
'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.

Girls' faces formed the forward path
From phony 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.

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 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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» Do I Ever Cross Your Mind
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» Dreamin About the Day
» Dreamin' About The Day
» Dreaming About The Day
» Everybody Is A Star
» Fingerprints
» Flyaway
» Get Up Jack
» Go Where I Send Thee
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» Hand In Mine
» Help Me
» His Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles
» How Sweet It Is
» Hurricane
» I'll Be Around
» If I Was Your Man
» Just A Bill
» Ladder
» Let's Just Get Naked
» Lets Just Get Naked
» Love Is Alive
» Lumina
» Make You Feel My Love
» Man In The Long Black Coat
» Match Burn Twice
» Misanthropic Man
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» Nothing to Believe In
» On The Old Kentucky Shore
» One Of Us
» Only You Know And I Know
» Passin' Thru
» Pensacola
» Poison Apples
» Poison Apples (Hallelujah)
» Raglan Road
» Right Hand Man
» Righteour Love
» Righteous Love
» Running Out Of Time
» Runnng Out Of TIme
» Safety In Numbers
» Saint Teresa
» Smiling Faces Sometimes
» Son Of A Preacher Man
» Spider Web
» St Teresa
» Strenuous Acquaintances
» The Weight
» These Arms of Mine
» Think
» To Your Heartbeat
» War
» Warmer Days
» Wayfarin' Stranger
» WHAT IF GOD SMOKED CANNIBUS
» What If God Was One Of Us
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