My Back Pages Lyrics - Another Side Of Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan

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 

Foundationed deep, somehow. 

Ah, but I was so much older then, 

I'm younger than that now. 

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Girl's faces formed the forward path 

From phony jealousy 

To memorizing politics 

Of ancient history 

Flung down by corpse evangelists 

Unthought of, though, somehow. 

Ah, but I was so much older then, 

I'm younger than that now. 

A self-ordained professor's tongue 

Too serious to fool 

Spouted out that liberty 

Is just equality in school 

"Equality," I spoke the word 

As if a wedding vow. 

Ah, but I was so much older then, 

I'm younger than that now. 

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In a soldier's stance, I aimed my hand 

At the mongrel dogs who teach 

Fearing not I'd become my enemy 

In the instant that I preach 

My existence led by confusion boats 

Mutiny from stern to bow. 

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.