I'm Just an Ancient Drummer Boy
Now they say I am a wild criminal and I'm fading away
Father please hear my confession
I have legalized robbery, called it belief
I have run with the money, I have hid like a thief
Rewritten history with my own eyes
My armies and my crooks, invented memories
I did burn all the books, and I can still hear his laughter
And I can still hear his song
The man's too big, the man's too strong
When I tried to be me, I have tried to be mine
But I spat like a woman, and I sucked like a child
I have lived behind walls and made me alone
Striven for peace
Which I never have known
And I can still hear his laughter
And I can still hear his song
The man's too big, the man's too strong
And I'm fading away
It's all my fault
It's my fault
But I'm not sorry
I'm not sorry
And I guess that's life
I cannot obey
To usually believe

Oh, Father, please help me, for I have done wrong.
The man's too big, the man's too strong.
Oh, Father, please help me.
guitar solo
© transcript Emily Beynon