The Magic of Youth

Do things on shoe strings to make the ends meet

Cut costs and corners in order to eat

Low income housing they couldn't afford

Bills and collectors that they just ignored

While the pressures were mounting the tensions would rise

She had been counting on some of the lies

That he had been telling her being the truth

The fighting and yelling the magic of youth

The magic of youth

He hit the pipe she hit the pole

Stereotypes that were out of control

Addictions evictions mistakes being made

Health's going south looks were starting to fade

And he'd give his right arm if his left one could get

A spike in the vein then a loose cigarette

The both lost their dignity him every tooth

Classic and tragic the magic of youth

The magic of youth

The years flew by quickly that's how they fly by

Older and sickly and waiting to die

But they stayed close together to tell you the truth

Yelling and fighting classic and tragic

It's all so exciting the magic of youth

The magic of youth

The magic of youth

The magic of youth