Misspent Youth

Seventeen and innocent

I wonder where all the years went

Lookin' back on a youth misspent

God, I miss those days



All the chances that we took

Always leaped and never looked

I tell you I could write a book

On all the hell we raised



CHORUS:

THOUGHT I WAS COOL WITH MY LUCKY STRIPES

I DIDN'T START TOO MANY FIGHTS

BUT IN THOSE DAYS I FINISHED QUITE A FEW

BEAT-UP CARS AND THE CHEAPEST WINE

AND ANY TROUBLE WE COULD FIND

THE WORST OF DAYS WERE THE BEST OF TIMES

LOOKIN' BACK THROUGH LIFE'S REARVIEW

LOOKIN' BACK

I MISS MY MISSPENT YOUTH



I'm no worse now for the wear

I've gotten married and cut my hair

Me and her we're quite a pair

All my friends say



And speaking of old friends

We still talk now and then

'Cept now there's a few of them

You can only reach by prayer



CHORUS:

WE WERE COOL WITH OUR LUCKY STRIPES

DIDN'T START TOO MANY FIGHTS

BUT IN THOSE DAYS WE FINISHED QUITE A FEW

BEAT-UP CARS AND THE CHEAPEST WINE

AND ANY TROUBLE THAT WE COULD FIND

THE WORST OF DAYS WERE THE BEST OF TIMES

LOOKIN' BACK THROUGH LIFE'S REARVIEW

AND LOOKIN' BACK

I MISS MY MISSPENT YOUTH



Beat-up cars and the cheapest wine

And any trouble we could find

The worst of days were the best of times

Lookin' back through life's rearview

And lookin' back

I miss my misspent youth

I miss my misspent youth