Intro: G# F# E F# x2 G# F# i can recall the warm youth of a summer day, yeah E F# the sweetest lemonade, the darkest game arcade, G# F# and billy had a yearning in the corner of his mind. E F# it moved him secretly. it moved him powerfully. E B F# G# but prescience was lacking and the present was not all E B F# and his aptitudes were carelessly wasted. E B F# G# and challenging life with the abandon of a fool E F# G# he squandered the hours of his day. Instrumental: G# F# E F# 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. D#7 F# D#7 F# bolt the door and throw away the key. D#7 F# D#7 F# your dim reflection is all that you can see. E B F# G# so where is the justice when no one is at fault E B F# and a human life is tragically wasted? E B F# G# how fragile is the flame that burns within us all E F# G# to light each passing day? F# B A#
