Bitter Old Man Songtext
von Patrick Schneeweis

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?