Back when the world was young Drunk on cheap well whiskey And confused on mescaline Walking rattlesnake curves On sidewalks that refused to lay down Resisting Resisting Resisting all the importunate invasions of reality Back when the world was young Searching for the gateway To the Secret Garden The Maps to the Labyrinth And the Silver Key With a woman in red shoes Whose name was maybe Dolores Dolores? Or perhaps her name was...Laverne?
Back when the world was young And fear was so perfectly academic And the scales were so perfectly poised That I could still pace the razor’s edge Without cutting my feet or losing any further toes And I believed And I believed And I believed in every fucking drop of rain that fell Back when the world was young And you had but to softly ask The crushed whisper of velvet The sheer innocence of pure desire And the requested favor was granted and gratified So will somebody give? So will somebody give? So will somebody please Give the anarchist a cigarette?