I never was a violent man   Said the man in the bar with his head in his hands   He's trying his best to understand the 'cause of his dismay   But the years of gin have broken him   They've left him cold where he's fitted in   But it's too late now to turn around and find another way      And the lights in the late night lock-in   Have faded away when he gets in   The girl from fifteen years ago   Has packed and gone away      That's never how it used to be, what happened to all that energy   You took one too many liberties, I'm tired of being afraid   So after the fight she took flight hiding swollen eyes and a wounded pride   The best years of her life denied is sold for liquid shares      And the lights in the late night lock-in   Have faded away when he gets in   The girl from fifteen years ago   Has packed and gone away      And the victims of their world   Are advertised on posters   Just a beach and a pretty girl   You just take this potion      It's another week till his check comes through   He's got a fiver left to spend on food   The doors of the bar are open and he breaks another rule   But he sits on the stool that bears his name   He's got a favorite glass an' is called the same   He's never been kept waiting, 'cause he pays the landlord's wage      And the lights in the late night lock-in   Have faded away when he gets in   The girl from fifteen years ago   Has packed and gone away      The lights in the late night lock-in   Have faded away when he gets in   The girl from fifteen years ago   Has packed and gone away