Ten score years ago, defeat the kingly foe A wondrous dream came into being Tame the trackless waste, no virgin land left chaste All shining eyes, but never seeing Beneath the noble birth Between the proudest words Behind the beauty, cracks appear Once,

Ten years ago I fell in love with an Irish girl She took my heart But she went and screwed some guy she knew and now I'm in Dublin with a broken heart Oh broken hearted Hoover fixer sucker guy Oh broken hearted Hoover fixer sucker, sucker guy One day

'Cause every pane of glass that your pebbles tap Negates the pains I went through to avoid you And every little pat on the shoulder for attention Fails to mention I still hate you But there's a light on in Chicago And I know I should be home All the

Some black water healing some time to kill I'm doing pretty good man but I ain't lying Ten years ago I had to fly Need some hard red clay and a soft sand hill Been living my dream trying to stay alive I missed my buddies, I miss my home I ain't seen my

Sixteen lines of blow and I'm fine Break my bones, but act as my spine And if I tried to call, would you cry? Please don't cry, you're wasting your time Sixteen lines will make me feel fine Ten years ago I went blind I been on my own since age nine Is

Just ten years ago No one would ever know Tears rollin' down from my eyes Da dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt Yeah, I don't know why I got those type of blues tonight, but uh Something, it's alright, something told me tonight to uh Get it like I was