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EbCrimson Cmflames tied Gmthrough my ears
RolliAbn' high and Bmighty Ebtraps
EbPounced with Cmfire on Gmflaming Ebroads
AbUsing ideas Gmas my Bmaps
"We'll Abmeet on Cmedges, Bsoon," said EbI
CmProud 'neath heated Abbrow.B
Ah, Ebbut I was so much Cmolder Ebthen,
I'm Abyounger Bthan that Ebnow.
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EbHalf-wracked Cmprejudice Gmleaped forth
"AbRip down all Bhate," I scrEbeamed
EbLies that Cmlife is Gmblack and white
AbSpoke from my skull. I Bdreamed
RomCmantic facts of Gmmusketeers
FoundAbationed deep, somehBow.
Ah, but EbI was Cmso much Gmolder Abthen,
I'm Byounger than that Ebnow.
GirlEbs' faces Cmformed the Gmforward path
From Abphony BjealousEby
To EbmemorCmizing Gmpolitics
Of Abancient historBy
FlunCmg down by corpse Gmevangelists
UnthAbought of, though, somehBow.
Ah, Ebbut I was so much Abolder Ebthen,
I'm Abyounger Bthan that Ebnow.
A Ebself-ordCmained profGmessor's tongue
Too AbserioBus to Ebfool
EbSpouted Cmout that Gmliberty
Is Abjust equality in schBool
"CmEquality," I Gmspoke the word
As Abif a wedding Bvow.
Ah, but EbI was Cmso much older then,
IAb'm younger Bthan that Ebnow.
In a Ebsoldier's Cmstance, I Gmaimed my hand
At the Abmongrel Bdogs who Ebteach
EbFearing not that I'Cmd become my Gmenemy
In the Abinstant that I Bpreach
My Cmexistence led by Abconfusion Ebboats
CmMutiny from Gmstern to Bbow.
Ah, but EbI was Cmso much Abolder Ebthen,
I'm Byounger than that Ebnow.
Yes, my Ebguard stoCmod hard when Gmabstract threats
Too Abnoble Bto neglEbect
DeceEbived me Cminto Gmthinking
I had Absomething to protBect
CmGood and bad, I defGmine these terms
AbQuite clear, no doubt, somBehow.
Ah, but EbI was Cmso much Abolder Ebthen,
I'm Byounger than that Ebnow.