When I Was Young

Live fast Be a spark and glow a while You'll be dead a long, long time Be a shooting star And in one mad moment Burning bright Light the night And make us stand in awe Live fast Be a supernova Explode now while you can Then flashing in the pan Be a streak of red Against the grey Do it young Don't let time slip away And make us real And feel And see Your beauty Live fast. When I was young I would do a million things Dreaming up a thousand schemes I would change the world each night I would tear the stars apart Confusion tore that pounding heart With certainty that things weren't right I'd read all that student stuff Read it till I'd had enough Then making up my own mind Think it Feel it I believed I'd never die When I was young When I was young Hopes were built like shining spires Reaching up and spearing skies That rained their bitter tears around I remember all these things and more I believed I'd never die When I was young Baby, baby, baby when the whole world turns around Baby, baby, baby keeps both feet on the ground Baby, baby, baby when there's nothing else to do Then baby, baby, baby I hold on tight to you Cos there ain't no rear view mirror in my car I ain't looking back Not very far