James Whild Lea - Why Is Youth Wasted On The Young lyrics

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Why is youth always wasted on the young

Why does youth soon arrive and then it's gone

Why is youth always wasted on the young

From the outside looking in

I see my youth, see where I've been

I have wisdom, I'm a sage

In this body that has aged

In the beauty that is youth

There's a conflict what to do

Way back then I couldn't know

That my youth was on loan

I was different, I was bold

I got blasted, I got stoned

And I thought it was a joke

That I was born out of my folks

Why is youth always wasted on the young

Why does youth soon arrive and then it's gone

Why is youth always wasted on the young

When I was nearly twenty one

And my youth had almost gone

Why did the best years of my life

Lead to anger, fear and strife

Way back then I might have said

'Leave me alone, leave me in bed'

'Go and boil your stupid head'

'I want to screw myself to death'

While I was busy getting high

Glorious years were flying by

And any wisdom that I faked

Caused mistake upon mistake

Why is youth always wasted on the young

Why is youth very strange and then it's gone

Why is youth always wasted, fruit barely tasted

Why is youth always wasted on the young

I dreamed that the world was there for me

But the world did not agree

Yeah those years

All the anger, pain and tears

Couldn't hold me, or control me

In those days, yeah those days

I was violent, I was proud

Had to stand out in a crowd

I was right, and I would fight

That reality that bites

Blinked an eye and then I grew

A body beautiful and new

I'll never die, that is for you

Such is the arrogance of youth

Why is youth always wasted on the young

Why does youth soon arrive and then it's gone

Why is youth always wasted, fruit barely tasted

I was young, I was wasted in my youth

(spoken:)

As the teenage eventually ages

Like the Incredible Hulk in one of his rages

The kid that's confused and barely grown

Is blasted off into the great unknown

Now in the miracle that is life

We may grow older, wiser, bolder

But God says that it's a miracle too far

To put an old head on younger shoulders

So I guess we'll have to get older

Words & Music by James Whild Lea

Published 2007 by Jim Lea Music Limited

Produced & Arranged by James Whild Lea for Jim Jam Records

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