Fifteen Years Lyrics - Levelling The Land - Levellers

I never was a violent man 

Said the man in the bar with his head in his hands 

Trying his best to understand the cause of his dismay 

But years of gin have broken him 

And left him cold where he fitted in 

It's too late to turn around and find another way 

All the lights in the late night lock-in 

Fade away when he gets in 

And the girl from fifteen years ago 

Has packed and gone away 

She said it'll never be what it used to be 

What happened to all that energy 

You took too many liberties, and I'm tired of being afraid 

So night after night she took flight 

Hiding swollen eyes and a wounded pride 

The best years of her life denied, sold for liquid shares 

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The victims of this world, are advertised on posters 

A beach and a pretty girl, if you just drink their potion 

It's another week 'til his cheque comes through 

He's got a fiver left to spend on food 

But the doors of the bar are open, and he breaks another rule 

He sits on the stool that bears his name 

His favorite glass is called the same 

And he's never kept waiting, 'cause he pays the landlord's wage