Waterboys, The – The new life

I’ve burned my bridges

and I’m free at last

All my chains are

in the past

The new life starts here

(I was trying to get happy

I thought it was hard

Until I found that

in my own back yard

The new life starts here)

The day is wide open

the sky is blue

The world is a miracle

and so are you

The new life starts here

My papers arrived

stamped and complete

All previous dispatches

are obsolete

The new life starts here

I can see my way so clear

rejoice for…

The new life starts here

There’s a war in the Gulf

but it ain’t in my head

I just declared a state of

peace instead

The new life starts here

(Tempters and tricksters

banging at my door

I’m not fighting with them

anymore

The new life starts here

/

Users, abusers,

banging at my door

I’m not fighting with them

anymore

The new life starts here

Tempsters and tricksters

wondering how

To seize my attention

they cannot touch me now

The new life starts here)

Generals, Presidents

how do you do?

I can make it with or

without you

The new life starts here

I can see my way so clear

rejoice for…

The new life starts here

Are you under the Mercy?

Are you under attack?

Are you going forward?

Are you going back?

The new life starts here

(Are you coming to grips?

Are you coming apart?

Are you listening to fear?

Or to your heart?

The new life starts here

/

Are you building heaven

or are you building hell?

When that great day comes

will you be able to tell?

The new life starts here)

Citizen, criminal, child

woman or man

The keys to the Kingdom

are in your own hands

The new life starts here

(God of our love

who ignited the sun

Not my will

but thine be done

The new life starts here)

Mock the devil

make him sweat!

He hasn’t won

the battle yet

The new life starts here

(A whole new age in seven more years

A brave new age in ten more years)

rejoice for…

The new life starts here