Fifteen Years — текст песни (The Levellers)

15 years

I never was a violent man
Said the man in the bar with his head in his hands
he`s Trying his best to understand the cause of his dismay
But the years of gin have broken him
they`ve left him cold where he`s fitted in
but It`s too late now to turn around and find another way

And the laughs in the late night lock-in
have Faded away when he gets in
the girl from fifteen years ago
Has packed and gone away

That`s never how it used to be
What happened to all that energy
You took one too many liberties, I`m tired of being afraid
So after the fight she took flight
Hiding swollen eyes and a wounded pride
The best years of her life denied, and sold for liquid shares

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and The victims of their world, are advertised on posters
just A beach and a pretty girl, if you just take this potion

theres another week `til his cheque comes through
He`s got a fiver left now to spend on food
But the doors of the bars are open, and he breaks another rule
well He sits on a stool that bears his name
Hes got a favorite glass well its called the same
he`s never been kept waiting, `cos he pays a landlord`s wage

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