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Song by Magokoro Brothers<br /><br>

Crimson flames tied through my ears<br>

Rollin' high and mighty traps<br>

Pounced with fire on flaming roads<br>

Using ideas as my maps<br>

"We'll meet on edges, soon," said I<br>

Proud 'neath heated brow.<br>

Ah, but I was so much older then, <br>

I'm younger than that now.<br>

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Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth<br>

"Rip down all hate," I screamed<br>

Lies that life is black and white<br>

Spoke from my skull. I dreamed<br>

Romantic facts of musketeers<br>

Foundationed deep, somehow.<br>

Ah, but I was so much older then,<br>

I'm younger than that now.<br>

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Girls' faces formed the forward path<br>

From phony jealousy<br>

To memorizing politics<br>

Of ancient history<br>

Flung down by corpse evangelists<br>

Unthought of, though, somehow.<br>

Ah, but I was so much older then,<br>

I'm younger than that now.<br>

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A self-ordained professor's tongue<br>

Too serious to fool<br>

Spouted out that liberty<br>

Is just equality in school<br>

"Equality," I spoke the word<br>

As if a wedding vow.<br>

Ah, but I was so much older then,<br>

I'm younger than that now.<br>

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In a soldier's stance, I aimed my hand<br>

At the mongrel dogs who teach<br>

Fearing not that I'd become my enemy<br>

In the instant that I preach<br>

My pathway led by confusion boats<br>

Mutiny from stern to bow.<br>

Ah, but I was so much older then,<br>

I'm younger than that now.<br>

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Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats<br>

Too noble to neglect<br>

Deceived me into thinking<br>

I had something to protect<br>

Good and bad, I define these terms<br>

Quite clear, no doubt, somehow.<br>

Ah, but I was so much older then,<br>

I'm younger than that now.<br>

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