I returned from the war forever left without
Any dreams or memories worth keeping.
My attempts to reassure my father and my friends
Were met with scorn and wary eyes unblinking.
I tried to please the ones that showed me love.
"I'm a decent man", I kept repeating.
But their doubts could not be satisfied, a refrain sung til I die:
"I'm a decent man", I kept repeating.
Wicked I was born, from my mother I was torn
And my forked tongue kept from speaking.
Judgement handed down, forced to wear a crooked crown
As the patron saint of punks and weaklings.
It came naturally to me: what I was, not what I'd be.
"I'm a decent man", I kept repeating.
But my doubts could not be satisfied, a refrain sung til I die:
I'm a decent man", I kept repeating.
I wish I was free but I'm not today.
Wish I was free, no, not today.
No, no, not today.
I wish I was free but I'm not today.
Wish I was free, no, not today.
No, no, not today.
I wish I was free but I'm not today.
Wish I was free, no, not today.
No, no, not today.
Any dreams or memories worth keeping.
My attempts to reassure my father and my friends
Were met with scorn and wary eyes unblinking.
I tried to please the ones that showed me love.
"I'm a decent man", I kept repeating.
But their doubts could not be satisfied, a refrain sung til I die:
"I'm a decent man", I kept repeating.
Wicked I was born, from my mother I was torn
And my forked tongue kept from speaking.
Judgement handed down, forced to wear a crooked crown
As the patron saint of punks and weaklings.
It came naturally to me: what I was, not what I'd be.
"I'm a decent man", I kept repeating.
But my doubts could not be satisfied, a refrain sung til I die:
I'm a decent man", I kept repeating.
I wish I was free but I'm not today.
Wish I was free, no, not today.
No, no, not today.
I wish I was free but I'm not today.
Wish I was free, no, not today.
No, no, not today.
I wish I was free but I'm not today.
Wish I was free, no, not today.
No, no, not today.