Would not be released  Could not be denied  I tried to say the words  But got tripped up inside  You can murder them with guns  Poison them with a lye  You can take a person's life  But you can't squelch his pride  This city's not my own  This world is not my home  But I'll carry it on my back  As far as my feet will roam  I opened up my eyes  I offered up my coat  I opened up my mouth  But knots tied in my throat  I will not be denied  Will not be denied  If not for my innocence  My guilt would stop right here  Reliving all my life  In the span of just one year  My mouth's a hurricane  But something inside just died  I'd always just assumed  My evil would subside  Could I have been misled  Could you have misread  Please don't punish me  For things I have not said  The last's a lonely mile  I'll remember it for a while  You'll never speak to me  Unless it's to revile  But  I will not be denied  Will not be denied  Will not be denied  Will not be denied  Denied  Denied  © 1993 Scrawny Music, BMI