THE BYRDS (My Back Pages) 2023 Remaster

Here's THE BYRDS with (My Back Pages). Reached #30 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1967.

[木倉谷哲也]

Lyrics:

Crimson flames tied through my ears
Rollin’ high and mighty traps
Countless 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

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
Sisters fled by confusion boats
Mutiny from stern to bow

Ah, but I was so much older then
I’m younger than that now

Ah, but I was so much older then
I’m younger than that now

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

[kenny]

The depths of these lyrics fly over most peoples comprehension!! What a Golden Era of music and thought!!

[barryfong]

Dylan's lyrics r light urs ahead of anyone else's.

[ladylight]

Oh I love the Byrds & I especially love this album ..What a song !~ And I love Renaissance Faire also, yet they all are great .