Released: February 6, 1967
Songwriter: Bob Dylan
Producer: Gary Usher
[Verse 1]
Crimson flames tied through my years
Flowing high and mighty trapped
Countless fire and flaming roads
Using ideas as my maps
"We'll meet on edges soon", said I
Proud 'neath heated brow
[Refrain]
Ah, but I was so much older then
I'm younger than that now
[Verse 2]
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 flanks of musketeers
Foundationed deep, somehow
[Refrain]
Ah, but I was so much older then
I'm younger than that now
[Verse 3]
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
Sisters fled by confusion boats
Mutiny from stern to bow
[Refrain]
Ah, but I was so much older then
I'm younger than that now
[Solo]
[Refrain]
Ah, but I was so much older then
I'm younger than that now
[Verse 4]
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
[Refrain]
Ah, but I was so much older then
I'm younger than that now
Crimson flames tied through my years
Flowing high and mighty trapped
Countless fire and flaming roads
Using ideas as my maps
"We'll meet on edges soon", said I
Proud 'neath heated brow
[Refrain]
Ah, but I was so much older then
I'm younger than that now
[Verse 2]
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 flanks of musketeers
Foundationed deep, somehow
[Refrain]
Ah, but I was so much older then
I'm younger than that now
[Verse 3]
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
Sisters fled by confusion boats
Mutiny from stern to bow
[Refrain]
Ah, but I was so much older then
I'm younger than that now
[Solo]
[Refrain]
Ah, but I was so much older then
I'm younger than that now
[Verse 4]
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
[Refrain]
Ah, but I was so much older then
I'm younger than that now
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