The Levellers - Fifteen Years lyrics

15 years

I never was a violent man

Said the man in the bar with his head in his hands

he's Trying his best to understand the cause of his dismay

But the years of gin have broken him

they've left him cold where he's fitted in

but It's too late now to turn around and find another way

And the laughs in the late night lock-in

have Faded away when he gets in

the girl from fifteen years ago

Has packed and gone away

That's never how it used to be

What happened to all that energy

You took one too many liberties, I'm tired of being afraid

So after the fight she took flight

Hiding swollen eyes and a wounded pride

The best years of her life denied, and sold for liquid shares

CHORUS

and The victims of their world, are advertised on posters

just A beach and a pretty girl, if you just take this potion

theres another week 'til his cheque comes through

He's got a fiver left now to spend on food

But the doors of the bars are open, and he breaks another rule

well He sits on a stool that bears his name

Hes got a favorite glass well its called the same

he's never been kept waiting, 'cos he pays a landlord's wage

CHORUS