lend me your ears
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Lend me your ears
Or leave them behind
Your formative years
Were not unlike mine
The smoke and the beers
Prevented your decay
And kept you mummified
And never fade away
Dying every night
And rising every day
When there was room to forgive
We knew exactly what living should be
When there was time to forgive
We lived in ignorant bliss in a dream
And now the drunk and the high
Have turned their half-opened eye
To the salad days
And as old father time
Hangs us up on his clothes line
He says
Lend me your ears
Or lay down your lives
The children appeared
From husbands and wives
Born with a scream
And left with just a sigh
Some would think it's sad
I say it's not so bad
Some would question why
We have to say goodbye
But when I was high as a cloud
I didn't know just how loud I was being
I let the dishes burn out
I let the ciggarettes pile up to the ceiling
Just as the room was spinning
Then it pushed a button
To reset itself around my bed
Just as I lost all hope
I heard what Vincent Van Gogh must have said
Lend me your ears
I lost one of mine
I've suffered for love
And there's no point in that
Lend me your ears
'Cause what I mean to say
You won't believe it now
It won't help you right away
It couldn't matter less
What got us in this mess
Lend me your ears
Or leave them behind
Your formative years
Were not unlike mine
The passing of years
Has given away your age
It's kept you mummified
To never fade away
Dying every night
And rising everyday