[Verse 4]
C Am Em
A self-ordained professor's tongue
F G C
Too serious to fool
C Am Em
Spouted out that liberty
F G
Is just equality in school
Am Em
"Equality," I spoke the word
F G
As if a wedding vow.
C Am
Ah, but I was so much older then,
F G C
I'm younger than that now.
[Verse 5]
C Am Em
In a soldier's stance, I aimed my hand
F G C
At the mongrel dogs who teach
C Am Em
Fearing not that I'd become my enemy
F G
In the instant that I preach
Am F C
My existence led by confusion boats
Am Em G
Mutiny from stern to bow.
C Am F C
Ah, but I was so much older then,
G C
I'm younger than that now.
[Verse 6]
C Am Em
Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats
F G C
Too noble to neglect
C Am Em
Deceived me into thinking
F G
I had something to protect
Am Em
Good and bad, I define these terms
F G
Quite clear, no doubt, somehow.
C Am F C
Ah, but I was so much older then,
G C
I'm younger than that now.