Intro: A# G# F# G# x2 A# G# i can recall the warm youth of a summer day, yeah F# G# the sweetest lemonade, the darkest game arcade, A# G# and billy had a yearning in the corner of his mind. F# G# it moved him secretly. it moved him powerfully. F# C# G# A# but prescience was lacking and the present was not all F# C# G# and his aptitudes were carelessly wasted. F# C# G# A# and challenging life with the abandon of a fool F# G# A# he squandered the hours of his day. Instrumental: A# G# F# G# x2 then darkness and disorder slapped him sharply in the face, yeah. it hit him like a friend, struck something deep within. he couldnʼt break the chain of slow decay that seemed to drag him just like a fatal tie toward the other side. and billy was a lunatic, just barking at the moon, and his brain was totally wasted. he then exchanged his friends for a needle and a spoon and he threw his future away. F7 G# F7 G# bolt the door and throw away the key. F7 G# F7 G# your dim reflection is all that you can see. F# C# G# A# so where is the justice when no one is at fault F# C# G# and a human life is tragically wasted? F# C# G# A# how fragile is the flame that burns within us all F# G# A# to light each passing day? G# C# C
