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Bob Dylan; Roger McGuinn; Tom Petty; Neil Young; Eric Clapton; George Harrison
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(Verse 1: Roger McGuinn)
Crimson flames tied through my ears
Rolling high and mighty traps
Pounced with fire on flaming roads
Using ideas as my maps
โWeโll meet on edges, soon,โ said I
Proud 'neath heated brow
(Refrain: All)
Ah, but I was so much older then
Iโm younger than that now
(Verse 2: Tom Petty)
Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth
โRip down all hate,โ I screamed
Lies that life is black and white
Spoke from my skull, I dreamed
Romantic facts of musketeers
Foundationed deep, somehow
(Refrain: All)
Ah, but I was so much older then
Iโm younger than that now
(Verse 3: Neil Young)
Girlsโ faces formed the forward path
From phony jealousy
To memorizing politics
Of ancient history
Flung down by corpse evangelists
Un-thought of, though, somehow
(Refrain: All)
Ah, but I was so much older then
Iโm younger than that now
(Eric Clapton Guitar Solo)
(Verse 3: Eric Clapton)
A self-ordained professorโs tongue
Too serious to fool
Spouted out that liberty
Is just equality in school
โEquality,โ I spoke the word
As if a wedding vow
(Refrain: All)
Ah, but I was so much older then
Iโm younger than that now
(Verse 4: Bob Dylan)
In a soldierโs stance, I aimed my hand
At the mongrel dogs who teach
Fearing not that Iโd become my enemy
In the instant that I preach
My existence led by confusion boats
Mutiny from stern to bow
(Refrain: All)
Ah, but I was so much older then
Iโm younger than that now
(Verse 5: George Harrison)
Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats
Too noble to neglect
Deceived me into thinking
I had something to protect
Good and bad, I define these terms
Quite clear, no doubt, somehow
(Refrain: All)
Ah, but I was so much older then
Iโm younger than that now
(Neil Young Guitar Solo)
(Refrain: All)
Ah, but I was so much older then
Iโm younger than that now
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