Release

Silver shone the rooftops

I heard the words "You will"

And realized that in your eyes

The force of love could kill



So go and get your wages

Get what you deserve

When hope held out of its hands today

You laughed and turned and fled



Release - 'cause I wanted the world

And all I could get to was a gun or a girl

Release - now I've thrown them away

I'm here and I'm hungry and I hope I can stay



The loch is overflowing

The sun has shed its light

And all that's left to warm your breast's the wine we stole tonight

Bottle merchants both of us

Overdosed on Keats

We smashed them all and watched them fall like magic in the streets



Release - 'cause I wanted the world

And all I could get to was a gun or a girl

Release - now I've thrown them away

I'm here and I'm hungry and I hope I can stay



Standing in our new boots

We've lost the urge to hide

We left it with the souvenirs that forced us to decide

How we'd storm the palace

Meet me at the gates

There's plenty bread and water here for anyone who waits



Release - 'cause I wanted the world

And all I could get to was a gun or a girl

Release - now I've thrown them away

I'm here and I'm hungry and I hope I can stay



But you can't remember where you squandered your hope

A fistful of dollars and a fistful of dope

With your hands in your hair and your hair in your face

You'd better summon your soul because we're leaving this place

With a red, red flag, and a red, red flag for a souvenir