Broken Dime

I walked through the wicked, the cruel, the vile time —
Not everyone wishes to live when the epochs break.
I trampled those days, walked the edge, still kept what is mine.
Only lost a few friends — but a man who betrayed is a fake.

And I drank that raw booze of freedom, got drunk, went wild without measure.
Though here they could kill you for talking — more often — for a broken dime.
But if they would ask me to choose: either gold or the soul for my treasure —
I'd answer with anger, just short and low: don't you touch the soul of mine.

Everything rolled downhill — the heroes were traded for damn slush.
Some muddy swamp — where you grab more, that's your home, that's your tent.
People with flabby faces are driving my homeland to crush.
No one can save what's already sold, betrayed, to the scrap sent.

And I drank that raw booze of freedom, got drunk, went wild without measure.
Though here they could kill you for talking — more often — for a broken dime.
But if they would ask me to choose: either gold or the soul for my treasure —
I'd answer with anger, just short and low: don't you touch the soul of mine.

War songs are in fashion again — but they sound so shallow and fake.
They speak and they sing, they even dare to teach you how to feel.
A feat is just an excuse for a line — and the line buys a long sentence's ache.
Few are valued in this world. But fewer receive the medal and seal.

And I drank that raw booze of freedom, got drunk, went wild without measure.
Though here they could kill you for talking — more often — for a broken dime.
But if they would ask me to choose: either gold or the soul for my treasure —
I'd answer with anger, just short and low: don't you touch the soul of mine.

And I drank that raw booze of freedom, got drunk, went wild without measure.
Though here they could kill you for talking — more often — for a broken dime.
But if they would ask me to choose: either gold or the soul for my treasure —
I'd answer with anger, just short and low: don't you touch the soul of mine.

Don't you touch the soul of mine.
Don't you touch the soul of mine.
...the soul of mine...
...mine...

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