My life was once a joy to me    Never knowing I was growing every day   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