Perennial Bygones

The man he said he had a shadow
 It drug that man into a battle
 And when he died they took the body
 And left the shadow hung in the tree
 How many times have you asked the question why?
 How many years have you held this pain inside?
 Are you insane to think that things will change with time?
 Are you to blame for feeling rage, compelled to fight?
 The boy shot down without a reason
 Like the girl he didn't want that kind of attention
 And if one day one is president
 When they take the throne will we rise up with them?
 You know
 We've paved these roads
 But the change
 The change is slow
 How many times have you lied awake at night?
 How many days have you lost your appetite?
 Is it a phase, can we erase sins of this kind?
 Do we remain forgotten names swept up by time?
 The answer is blowin' in the wind
 But the questions, they pull us in all directions
 The dove washed ashore, she slept inside the current
 She learned to sing, but never learned to listen
 You know
 We've paved these roads
 But the change
 The change is slow
 Old man take a look at my life i'm not like you, no
 Old man take a look at my life i'm not like you, no
 Old man take a look at my life i'm not like you, no
 Old man take a look at my life i'm not like you, no
 Old man take a look at my life i'm not like you, no
 Old man take a look at my life i'm not like you, no
 Old man take a look at my life i'm not like you, no
 Old man take a look at my life i'm not like you, no
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 Aah (I'm not like you no)
 Aah (I'm not like you no)
 I'm not like you, no
 Aah (I'm not like you no)
 Aah (I'm not like you no)
 Aah (I'm not like you no)
 Im not like you, no