Another Age

Lyrics

[Verse 1] There's a man walking 'round the island with a snake cane He picked it up in Thailand from a hurricane And you know he's not gonna go there He's been one time too long Now all the gods are gone [Verse 2] The younger boys are drowning in a shallow sea The night belongs to snipers in palm trees And their sabres flashed like lightning In the charge of the last brigade They must have been afraid [Chorus] Soldiers have their sorrow The wretched have their rage Pray for the aged It's the dawn of another age Of another age Of another age Of another age [Verse 3] The blood's running down the blackboard on a blind screen The convicts shake their cages of a bad dream And they'll coach you in the classroom that it couldn't happen here But it has happened here [Verse 4] Well I remember nothing that I memorized I got my education from a black eye And they'll teach you law and order If you dare to play your hand Spare the glove and spoil the man [Chorus] Soldiers have their sorrow The wretched have their rage Pray for the aged It's the dawn of another age Of another age Of another age Of another age [Verse 5] Thomas Paine and Jesse James are old friends And Robin Hood is riding on the road again We were born in a revolution and we died in a wasted war It's gone that way before [Verse 6] Oh well the dogs are chasing chicken bones across the lawn And if that was an election, well I'm a Viet Cong So I pledge allegiance against the flag And the fall for which it stands I'll raise it if I can [Chorus] Soldiers have their sorrow The wretched have their rage Pray for the aged It's the dawn of another age Of another age Of another age Of another age Of another age