"yeah, yeaoh, yeah, yeaoh, yeah, yeaoh Sixty eight guns" And now they're trying to take my life away Forever young i cannot stay Hey On every corner i can see them there They don't know my name they don't know my kind They're after you with their promises (promises of love) They're after you to sign your life away (yeah, yeaoh) Sixty-eight guns will never die Sixty-eight guns our battle cry Sixty-eight guns Sixty-eight guns The sixty-eight Living in the backstreets That's our home from home The painted walls are all we've ever known It is the flag that we fly so high For every day they'll try and drag us down (drag us down and down) With cries of anger i have done no crime No (yeah, yeaoh) Sixty-eight guns will never die Sixty-eight guns our battle cry Sixty-eight guns Sixty-eight guns Oh, the sixty-eight Up on the terrace i can hear the crowds roar Sixty eight guns Down in the subway i can hear them whisper Sixty eight guns Through all the raging glory of the years We never once thought of the fears For what we'd do when the battle cry was over Nothing lasts forever is something that they don't tell you when you're young (yeah, yeaoh) (yeah, yeaoh) Yeah, yeaoh (yeah, yeaoh) Yeah, yeaoh (yeah, yeaoh) Reach for the skies When you're young This ain't our illusion This is a disillusion Sixty eight guns Sixty-eight guns will never die Sixty-eight guns our battle cry Sixty-eight guns will never die Sixty-eight guns our battle cry Sixty-eight guns Sixty-eight guns The sixty eight guns "goodnight boston, thank you"