When I was a kid, with everything I didnI can't believe that I'm alive and not six feet under groundnCuz when I was a child I was living on the wildnand I can't believe that I'm still aroundnnLet the kids make up their minds and do what they do bestnwalk along the streets of broken hearts and lonelynessncrimson eyes define the pain that words cannot explainntears will fall like rainnKids are gonna fuck it up and learn from their mistakenand if I had a buck a time a fortune I could makenwe can all pretend that we were not the samenbut afterall this life is just a gamenn-Chorus-nWhen I was a kid, with everything I didnI can't believe that I'm alive and not six feet under groundnCuz when I was a child I was living on the wildnand I can't believe that I'm still aroundnnI was only 17 and skippin' out of schoolnauthority would treat me like an adolescent foolnlips are meant for kissin' ass and breakin' down the wallnto rise above it allnn-Chorus-nnI can see the parents as their children walk the linenI've heard the voice of repremand and now I'm doin' finenI'd love to say I told you so like you once said to menand we will be together in the endnas long as there's redemption to defendnn-Chorus-