Back In The Day

When I was just a skinny lad on holiday by the sea

I met a girl in a Rancid shirt, and a tape she gave to me

With the Black Flag First Four Years and the Minor Threat Discography

And punk rock saved my life

Going down the Red Eye back in 1998

Hanging out with Household Names and staying out too late

This angry adolescent found an outlet for his hate

And punk rock saved my life

The vision wasn't perfect and we knew it all along

We dressed like fucking idiots and got our facts all wrong

But everyone must needs be an extremist when they're young

Fucking with your parents makes you grow up big and strong

Folding zines and record sleeves while sitting round at home

Flicking through the catalogues and distros at the shows

Circle pits and sing-a-longs, come on let's fucking go

And punk rock saved my life

That little dream is over, it was never going to last

Everybody's moved along and it's all in the past

But when I was just 16 I pinned my colours to the mast

And punk rock's in the ink that's in my skin

The attitude in every song I sing

And we didn't change the world, we didn't win

We probably didn't even save my life, it's true

But I bet we had a better time than you