My life was once a joy to me,   Never knowing, I was growing, everyday.   My life was once a toy to me,   And I wound it and I found it ran away.   So I raced through the night   With a face at my feet, like a God I would write,   All the melodies were sweet, and the women were white.   It was easy to survive, my life was so alive.      My life was once a flag to me   And I waved it and behaved like I was told.   My life was once a drag to me   And I loudly, and I proudly, lost control   I was drawn by a dream   I was loved by a lie, every serf on the scene   Begged me to buy.   But I slipped through the scheme   So lucky to fail   My life was not for sale.      My life is now a myth to me   Like the drifter, with his laughter in the dawn.   My life is now a death to me   So I'll mold it and I'll hold it till I'm born   So I turned to the land   Where I'm so out of place   Throw a curse on the plan   In return for the grace   To know where I stand   Take everything I own   Take your tap from my bone   And leave my life alone.   My life alone.