Lining 'em up
I remember they shoot
Never dare dreamed that they'd shoot anyone
I'm a simple man
Tied on the vine
Caught up in the times
And fate's on my right hand
Gamble of the ages
Suit me up, I'm ready to go
I'm such a young man
When the loading had begun
Don't press your luck, angel face
Don't push it out, shove your way to the front too fast
I was framed, no holds barred, so they say
I can't believe that it ended all like this
Gamble of the ages
Suit me up, I'm ready to go
I'm such a young man
When the loading had begun
When I was a boy I would dream about space
Space, it would change year to year
But you would take me down
Way down by the stream
Oh that last frontier
I still can hear her say
"Behold before I die"
Don't walk here upon me baby
Remember me for what I was
Tell the man who'll be sending me up
I'll be back before you know
And where is that pilgrim saint
We'll see the next time we get up
She said "You might be an expatriate
But I'll love you like the sun"
Gamble of the ages
Suit me up, I'm ready to go
Oh to be such a young man
When the loading time began
I'm a simple man
Tied on the vine