Youth Without Youth

Hangman, we played

Rubber soul with the razor blade

Behind the church, hiding place

It was a long joke till the punchline came

Can you read my mind?

Read my mind, follow along to the end of the song

Hangman, we played

Double-Dutch with a hand grenade

Behind the church, hiding place

Apathetic to the devil's face

Wear the sheriff's badge

Put your toys away

They let us go

Saying, let us pray!

Hangman, we played

Hide-and-seek on the fire escape

Through the smoke we saw the flame

It was a long wait till the fire truck came

On the count of three, jump with me

On the count of three

One

Two

One

Two

Three

Go

Go, go, go, go

Hangman, we played

Blind-Man's-Bluff with the Ninth Brigade

Throw the brick through the window pane

Double-Dutch till they stop the game

Till the cops show up

Handcuff stunned

They let us go but we lost one

Hangman, we played

Blind-Man's-Bluff till they stopped the game

Youth without youth

Born without time

Youth without youth

Can you read my mind?

My-my-my mind

My-my-my mind

My-my-my mind