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When We Were Young

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When We Were Young

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when we were young(x5)

when we were young

everything was so new

we broke all the rules

just to do it

and i dont 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 your havin' fun

i wish i walked through life

but i chose to run

i used to beat for abuse

and play with guns

i played to pay the price

till my life aint done

i remember runnin' wild

not a care in the world

it was all about grafitti

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 im 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

its just the way it goes

you were born to be bad

i been a fool

skippin' school

flickin' off the principal

its hard for mom to believe me

but she's so convincable

(when we were young)

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(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 wouldnt believe

at sixteen started gettin' tatoos

up my sleve

so went up to thirty-two

takin' part in dirty deeds

so if you wanna get high

i got whatever you need

and if you wanna get 'em up

i aint afraid to bleed

i've been to y.a. three times

so dont you step to me

and while you bragged to your parents

'bout your A's and B's

i was underneath the bleechers

with a t.h.c, a g.e.d, a chemical dependancy

and a p.h.d in whiskey and stoner-ology

met the break-through

in ways to use technology

and you can learn from my mistakes

but its more fun to follow me

and its never too late

i dont hate who i've become

so that smokin' at the one

and we remember when we were young

chorus

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