Brave and crazy
Cochrane Tom Lyrics

He sat down with his guitar in a distant place
Sitting somewhere far from the usual surroundings with just his guitar for company

When a man walks up and tells him, "Buddy there are some things you cannot say"
A man approaches him and tells him some things are off-limits to talk about

"I'll be damned if you'll tell me what I can and cannot feel"
The man refuses to be told what emotions he can and cannot experience

And I won't be no puppet here
He refuses to be controlled or manipulated like a puppet

None of your back room deals
He rejects any shady or secret deals made behind closed doors

Modern love was invented by the minstrels in the dark ages
Love in modern times is similar to how it was sung about by minstrels during the medieval era

Where they used to hunt them down from town to town
During those times, minstrels were often pursued and chased from one town to the next

Man what deck are we dealing from here
He wonders what kind of situation he's in

When a girl walks up and says, "You got something we've got to hear"
A girl approaches him and expresses interest in hearing what he has to say

Along the boardwalk of this burned out tourist town
In a place that used to be a popular tourist destination, but is now in ruins

The ghosts of another day stalk the barren beaches
Memories of a time long gone linger in the deserted beaches

Where all come to hide from the rattling of the sounds
People seek solace here to escape from the noisy and disturbing things in life

Of skeletons in the closet
Unpleasant secrets or experiences that people try to keep hidden

Hoping nothing brings them down
People hide here hoping that nothing disturbs their peace

She says "I have lived nearly all my life"
A woman claims to have spent most of her life doing something

"I scare them to death because I say what I like"
The woman makes people uneasy by speaking her mind freely

There's a war here between freedom and the hypocrites
A conflict exists between those who value freedom and those who are hypocritical

Who will try on all disguises just to see what fits
Some people pretend to be something they are not, just to fit in or impress others

Truth is the one thing to live, love and die for
The truth is the only thing worth living, loving, and dying for

Raise your barbaric scream
Shout loudly and fiercely to show your passion and conviction

High above the rooftops of the world
Exultantly proclaiming one's beliefs above and beyond all else

He packs his car and picks a course upon a map
He goes on a journey and chooses his path by following a map

Maybe east of Eden or maybe farther west than all of that
He could be traveling anywhere, even to a mythical or unknown destination

Then writes down everything he's seen and everything that he feels
He records all his experiences and emotions along the way

Then rips it up, it doesn't say enough
He decides to discard what he's written because it fails to capture the full depth of his experiences and ideas

And throws it is a passing field
He casts his discarded work aside without a second thought

Brave and crazy
To dare to be different or unconventional

Brave on
To extend one's bravery and perseverance