Bitter Old Man

I was born a bitter old man who got his
 Heart broken in Catalonia, 1936
 Things haven't felt right since
 So I gave up on life before I arrived
 I knew this place wasn't safe for anyone
 but facists and republicans and their apologists
 But I swear to god I'm gonna die full of naive optimism
 A teenager's heartbreaking conviction that
 Things could be different, oh yeah,
 Things are gonna be real different when we're finished around here
 I always wanted to die young
 I always wanted to die young
 I always wanted to die young
 But now I feel younger every day
 And now I just hope I die younger than I am
 I can hear you from a dozen states away
 Shivering through a dope sick morning of
 No money left and nothing else to steal
 And lord only knows that I've had my share
 Cause, hell, there were years when I was ready to die
 But it's only been recently that I've been willing to live
 I swear to god I didn't plan for things to end up this way
 I had a teenager's conviction that
 I would be different, oh yeah,
 I was gonna be real different than the person I became
 I always wanted to die young
 I always wanted to die young
 I always wanted to die young
 But now I feel younger every day
 And now I just hope I die younger than I am
 But now living's a struggle, except when it isn't, yeah
 I woke up this morning and I wasn't in prison
 But I can't promise that I'm far from it
 I'd still kill a man for a cigarrete
 But with friends like you who needs homicide?
 So this song goes out to all our homies locked down
 Come on back now, we need you around
 That judge he doesn't know what he's done
 No, judges never know the things they do
 How could they?