I REMEMBER ONCE A TIME WHEN WE

WERE YOUNG AND FREE

WITH OUR WHOLE LIVES AHEAD OF US

WE RAN WILD IN THE STREETS

AND HE WAS ALWAYS ONE OF US

AND HE WILL ALWAYS BE

BUT ONE DAY LIFE CAUGHT UP TO HIM

AND LEFT HIM IN THE FRAY

BUT NOW THAT’S HE’S OLDER

LIFE COULD NEVER BE THE SAME

ALL HE WANTED WAS SOMETHING

TO TAKE AWAY THE PAIN

AND HE FOUND HIMSELF IN A MINDLESS DAZE

IN A DULL AND SENSELESS LIFE

HE WORKED AWAY HIS DAY AND

HE DRANK AWAY HIS NIGHTS

ONE DAY AS HE STARED INTO THE

BOTTOM OF AN EMPTY GLASS

HE REALIZED THAT HE HAD NO QUESTIONS

MORE THAT HE COULD ASK

BUT NOW THAT’S HE’S OLDER

LIFE COULD NEVER BE THE SAME

ALL HE WANTED WAS SOMETHING

TO TAKE AWAY THE PAIN

SO SIT BACK AND LAUGH

AND TURN OFF YOUR BRAIN

LIFE IS SO MUCH EASIER

WITHOUT ALL THE PAIN

SO SIT BACK AND DRINK

ONE MORE TO THE DAYS

THAT HAVE GONE BY

JUST KEEP YOUR HEART IN YESTERDAY

AND KISS TOMORROW GOODBYE