To Be Young

Oh, it was white sand and deep blue waves
 We were running up the shore
 Sun glints on sparkling faces
 I don't feel or see anymore
 I don't feel or see anymore
 To be young
 To be young
 We're just leaves (leaves) floating on down the stream
 My job, my house, my car, my whole social scene
 So high are the stakes, every move you make
 Sends us down, down, down in that stream
 Here in the only life I know
 Those summer days rush out like warm air from my lungs
 That's the way the story goes
 All I've learned I still wish I didn't know
 All I didn't know, oh, when were young
 When I was young I told myself I'd keep my friends
 They were good and I was true, didn't need to end
 Oh, but how they've risen, they've fallen
 Like the sun circles 'round
 Guess I've done just as well as anyone
 Hard to accept it, I'm just anyone
 But here in the only life I know
 Those summer days rush out like water from the lawn
 It's just the way the story goes
 Stand in line now and talk about the day
 When we were young
 My conscience could've sunbathed
 Every day in my bright blue mind
 Now it's crowded with guilt and purpose and
 I just want it all aligned
 I just want it all aligned
 I just want it all aligned
 Here in the only life I know
 That's just the way the story goes
 And I'll be damned, I'll be damned
 Here in the only life I know
 Not taking orders, I don't know which way to go
 That's just the way the story goes
 And I'll be damned if I'm to live it out alone
 Here in the only life I know
 With any waste of time, it hits so close to home
 It's just the way the story goes
 And I'll be damned if I'm to live it out alone
 I won't live it out alone
 Won't live it out alone
 We're just leaves, leaves, floating on down the stream
 My job, my house, my clothes, my whole social scene
 So high are the stakes
 So high are the stakes, every move we make
 Sends us down, down, down in that stream
 And one day, one day, one bright clear day
 I think we all might just disappear
 Sink on down in that river cold and clear, my dear
 On down like leaves in an icy stream
 On down like leaves to the bottom of an icy stream