Ponce de León

Chorus

Hey

Ponce de León

I am back to say

I rage against the headwinds

Of change

Of the old age

That has broken through my youth

Verse 1

In the quiet slumber

I hear Ponce ask what troubles you

Like I need another dose of the same question

It seems October has brought

Me an ominous creak

Upon the stairs of my life

There is no hiding in my attic

From what creaks in my bones

I often dream of regaining

My youth

Of finding a way back

I commended myself to God

Yet the elves and the shoemaker

Have cobbled me

Only these thigh-high boots

Of yours Ponce de León

Pre-Chorus

The remains of my trust

My hourglass of hope

Is lost in the last falling dust

Of this old aged path

Verse 2

Upon the road taken

By you Ponce

I found only

The two little elves

Holding the sign

This way to the dead ends

Pre-Chorus

Save me now

If you know where

If you ever found

Your Fountain of Youth

That I may know the way

To once again regain

What is slipping away

Bridge

In this no man’s land

I hold to the path

Of you Ponce de León

And yet you always swear

You found nothing

But the debt collector saying

Break

PONCE ———

All have to pay the price

The cost is your youth

Better get used to it

The payout

Has always been

What rages in your bones

Chorus

Hey

Ponce de León

I am back to say

I rage against the headwinds

Of change

Of the old age

That has broken through my youth

Outro

Damn — here we go again

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