When We Were Young

When we were young nobody died

And nobody got older

The toughest kid in the street

Could always be bought over

And the first time that you loved

You had all your life to give

At least that's what you said

The first time you got drunk

You drank pernod and dry cider

Smashed a window in as the police came round the corner

You didn't have no time to run

And your dad stood up for you

As the judge said you're a fool

Babies, sex and flagons, shifting women, getting stoned

Robbing cars, bars and pubs, rubber johnnies, poems

Starsky and Hutch gave good TV

And Starsky looked like me

The first time that you stole

You stole rubber lips and tenners

Bought a radio then ran away for ever

Never felt so good, never felt so good with you

When we were young we had no fear

Of love nor sex nor warnings

Everyone was hanging out, everyone was sorted

When we were young nobody knew

Who you were or what you'd do

Nobody had a past that catches up on you

Babies, sex and flagons, shifting women, getting stoned

Robbing cars, bars and pubs, rubber johnnies, poems

Starsky and Hutch gave good TV

And Starsky looked like me

What might have been

What might have been

What might have been

With a start he was awoken

From the middle of a dream

He's making movies in his head

That never will be seen

He's holding Oscars in his hands

And kissing beauty queens

What might have been

What might have been

When we were young