The angry moon of August hung  As I wrapped myself in you  The winds of war had cut into  As I tried to fight the truth  And in that time I lost my youth  And now I bear the scars  With black September comin' on  You know you won't get far    Destruction lay before my eyes  In a generation beat  We seemed to be too high to see  What was dying in the street  We thought we'd change the world back then  Without becoming hard  With black September comin' on  You know you won't get far    We thought back then we'd be there now    How could I know what waits for me  How could I be so cruel  To know the best of days gone by  And the something I would lose  I watch the tides of summer fade  In memories 'neath the dark  With black September comin' on  You know you won't get far