My Back Pages — текст песни (The Ramones)

Crimson flames tied through my ears
Rollin` high and mighty traps pounced with fire on flaming roads
Using ideas as my maps We`ll meet on edges, soon, Said I
Proud `neath heated brow ah, but I was so much older then,
I`m younger than that now

Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth Rip down all hate, I screamed
Lies that life is black and white spoke from my skull I dreamed
Romantic facts of musketeers foundation deep, somehow
Ah, but I was so much older then, I`m younger than that now

In a soldier`s stance, I aimed my hand at the mongrel dogs who teach
Fearing not that I`d become my enemy in the instant that I preach
My pathway led by confusion boats mutiny from stern to bow
Ah, but I was so much older then, I`m younger than that now
Ah, but I was so much older then, I`m younger than that now

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
Ah, but I was so much older then, I`m younger than that now
Ah, but I was so much older then, I`m younger than that now
Ah, but I was so much older then, I`m younger than that now