I'm Just an Ancient Drummer BoyNow they say I am a wild criminal and I'm fading awayFather please hear my confessionI have legalized robbery, called it beliefI have run with the money, I have hid like a thiefRewritten history with my own eyesMy armies and my crooks, invented memoriesI did burn all the books, and I can still hear his laughterAnd I can still hear his songThe man's too big, the man's too strongWhen I tried to be me, I have tried to be mineBut I spat like a woman, and I sucked like a childI have lived behind walls and made me aloneStriven for peaceWhich I never have knownAnd I can still hear his laughterAnd I can still hear his songThe man's too big, the man's too strongAnd I'm fading awayIt's all my faultIt's my faultBut I'm not sorryI'm not sorryAnd I guess that's lifeI cannot obeyTo usually believeOh, 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