words and music by amy ray i won t be a pawn we roughed it up when we were young i won t say so much for that what do you do when it is done cause i know we grow when it s over i used to dream all the force of solyent green lazy geese and the weather warm oh my life of humidity but i know we grow when it s over all that time i spent walking behind now i don t mind cause now i know they ran us out of town oh come on they cut us down raised the flag of the fealty oh the life of futility but i know we grow when it s over all that time that you were walking the line well now i don t mind now i know all that time that i spent walking behind you now i don t mind cause now i know we grow when it s over