Once it was just innocence   Brash ideas and insolence   But you will never get away   With the things you said today   But you can try if you want      Don't you get embarrassed   When you read the precious things you said   Many many years ago when life appeared rosy red   No one ever shared your bed   Nothing ever filled your head   Except yourself and little teed   And scary dreams that you were dead      Don't you want to hide your face   When going through your teenage books   And read the kind of crap you wrote   About "Ban the bomb" and city crooks   Think about how long it took   To get over that sudden yuk   When in the mirror you would look   Well now my son you're well in stook      Cry if you want, cry if you want   Cry if you want, cry if you want   Cry if you want, cry if you want   Cry if you want, cry if you want      Didn't you wraith in anger   When you saw the man in his big car   Didn't you drive a banger   And a gallon didn't get you far   Should have been a famous star   But that ain't what you really are   You could shout your last harrah   While they are propping up the bar      Maybe things were better then   Before you led a promised life   Rash commitments and heavy raps   And left wing spiel all compromised   You fall in love with other's wives   Drive 'em nuts with empty lies   Angry 'cos you lost the prize   Forgot the color of their eyes      Cry if you want   Cry if you want   Cry if you want   Cry if you want      Let your tears flow, let your past go   Let your tears flow, let your past go   Let your tears flow, let your past go   Let your tears flow, let your past go      Don't you get embarrassed   when you think about the way you were   Yesterday the day before   When you were young with much to learn   Aren't you glad it's your last term   No more acting lowly worm   You can make the suckers squirm   When you tell them how much you earn      Don't you feel ashamed at all   The bitterness you keep inside   Does your ego save your face I had a go, I really tried   Now you know your leaders lied   Does it stop you acting snide   Or are you still a boy that cried   Tears now surely long since dried      Cry if you want   Cry if you want   Cry if you want   ...