My life was once a joy to me,nNever knowing, I was growing, everyday.nMy life was once a toy to me,nAnd I wound it and I found it ran away.nSo I raced through the nightnWith a face at my feet, like a God I would write,nAll the melodies were sweet, and the women were white.nIt was easy to survive, my life was so alive.nnMy life was once a flag to menAnd I waved it and behaved like I was told.nMy life was once a drag to menAnd I loudly, and I proudly, lost controlnI was drawn by a dreamnI was loved by a lie, every serf on the scenenBegged me to buy.nBut I slipped through the schemenSo lucky to failnMy life was not for sale.nnMy life is now a myth to menLike the drifter, with his laughter in the dawn.nMy life is now a death to menSo I'll mold it and I'll hold it till I'm bornnSo I turned to the landnWhere I'm so out of placenThrow a curse on the plannIn return for the gracenTo know where I standnTake everything I ownnTake your tap from my bonenAnd leave my life alone.nMy life alone.