My Back Pages (Dylan 30th Anniversary)

[Verse 1: Roger McGuinn] Crimson flames tied through my ears Rolling 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 [Refrain: All] Ah, but I was so much older then I’m younger than that now [Verse 2: Tom Petty] 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 [Refrain: All] Ah, but I was so much older then I’m younger than that now [Verse 3: Neil Young] Girls’ faces formed the forward path From phony jealousy To memorizing politics Of ancient history Flung down by corpse evangelists Un-thought of, though, somehow [Refrain: All] Ah, but I was so much older then I’m younger than that now [Guitar Solo: Eric Clapton] [Verse 3: Eric Clapton] 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 [Refrain: All] Ah, but I was so much older then I’m younger than that now [Verse 4: Bob Dylan] In a soldier’s stance, I aimed my hand At the mongrel dogs who teach Fearing not that I’d become my enemy In the instant that I preach My existence led by confusion boats Mutiny from stern to bow [Refrain: All] Ah, but I was so much older then I’m younger than that now [Verse 5: George Harrison] 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 [Refrain: All] Ah, but I was so much older then I’m younger than that now [Guitar Solo: Neil Young] [Refrain: All] Ah, but I was so much older then I’m younger than that now