Key: A
Introduction:
A A#A C
see the fight, old men crying, deny their ruin.
watch them try. the cynic laughs at the optimist's closed eyes.
D A# C
darkness falls, curtain calls, the cynic's beer soon overflows.
other watches, has a drink, and from the same cup,
A A#A
they drink
A#A C D
I'm doin' time, how long I don't know.
D D# D F
William had 26, blew his brains out, now look at him.
John had only one, watch the mother mourn her only son.
G(H)
I'm doin' time, how long I don't know.
G
I'll kiss goodbye my brain and body
and go to sleep for generations.