Byrds - My Back Pages lyrics

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