When We Were Young

When we were young
When we were young
When we were young
When we were young
When we were young

When we were young
Everything was so new
We broke all the rules
Just to do it
And I don't know how the hell
I lived through it
Young and on the run
Gettin' loaded like a gun
When we were young

Time sure flies
When you're havin' fun
I wish I walked through life
But I chose to run

I used to fien for abuse
And play with guns
I played to pay the price
Till my life ain't done

I remember runnin' wild
Not a care in the world
It was all about graffiti
And chasin' the girls

Runnin' from the law
And bar room brawls
Gettin' arrested, callin' home
With those late night calls
(When we were young)

Sorry mom I'm in jail again
Tonight I got arrested
With a couple of friends
You can either pick me up
Or you can send me some mint
Either way mom it looks like
I messed up again

Back to my P.O. or rehab
Or up north to see Dad
It's just the way it goes
When you were born to be bad

I been a fool, skippin' school
Flippin' off the principal
It's hard for Mom to believe me
But she's so convincible

(When we were young)
Everything was so new
We broke all the rules
Just to do it
And I don't know how the hell
I lived through it
Young and on the run
Gettin' loaded like a gun
When we were young

(When we were young)
Shoplifting gifts for the girls with my boys
Walkin' out the sex shop pockets full of sex toys
And we rang the noise like you wouldn't believe
At 16 started gettin' tattoos up my sleeve

So went up to 32
Takin' part in dirty deeds
So if you wanna get high
I got whatever you need
And if you wanna get 'em up
I ain't afraid to bleed
I've been to Y.A. three times
So don't you step to me

And while you bragged to your parents
'bout your A's and B's
I was underneath the bleachers
With a T.H.C, a G.E.D, a chemical dependency
And a PhD in whiskey and stoner-ology

I made the break-through
In ways to use technology
And you can learn from my mistakes
But it's more fun to follow me

And it's never too late
I don't hate who I've become
So that smokin' another one
And we remember when we were young

When we were young
Everything was so new
We broke all the rules
Just to do it
And I don't know how the hell
I lived through it
Young and on the run
Gettin' loaded like a gun
When we were young

When we were young
When we were young
When we were young
When we were young
When we were young
When we were young
When we were young
When we were young