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Crimson flames tied through my earsRollin' high and mighty trapsPounced with fire on flaming roadsUsing ideas as my maps\'We'll meet on edges, soon,\' said IProud 'neath heated browAh, but I was so much older then,I'm younger than that now.Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth\'Rip down all hate,\' I screamedLies that life is black and whiteSpoke from my skull I dreamed.Romantic flanks of musketeersFoundationed deep somehow.Ah, but I was so much older then,I'm younger than that now.Girls faces formed the forward pathfrom phoney jealousyTo memorizing politicsof ancient history.Flung down by corpse evangelistsUnthought of, though, somehow.Ah, but I was so much older then,I'm younger than that now.A self-ordained professor's tongueToo serious to foolSpouted out that libertyIs just equality in school.\'Equality,\' I spoke the wordAs if a wedding vowAh, but I was so much older then,I'm younger than that now.In a soldiers stance, I aimed my handAt the mongrel dogs who teachFearing not that I'd become my enemyIn the instant that I preachMy sisters fled by confusion boatsMutiny 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 threatsToo noble to neglectDeceived me into thinkingI had something to protectGood and bad, I define these termsQuite clear, no doubt, somehowAh, but I was so much older thenI'm younger than that now
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