When we were young nobody died and nobody got oldernThe toughest kid in the street could always be bought overnThe first time that you loved you had all your life to livenAt least that's what you saidn(When we were young)nnThe first time you got drunk you drank Pernod and dry cidernSmashed a window in as the police came around the cornernYou didn't have no time to runnAnd your dad stood up for younAs the judge said you're a foolnnBabies, sex and flagonsnShifting women, getting stonednRobbing cars, bars and pubsnRubber johnnies, poems(what might have been)nStarsky and Hutch gave good TV(what might have been)nAnd Starsky looked like me nWhen we were youngnnThe first time that you stole you stole rubber lips and tennersnBought a radio, then ran away forevernIt never felt so good, never felt so good with youn(When we were young)nnWhen we were young we had no fear of love nor sex nor warningsnEveryone was hanging out and everyone was sortednWhen we were young nobody knew who you were or what you'd donNobody had a past that catches up on younnBabies, sex and flagonsnShifting women, getting stonednRobbing cars, bars and pubsnRubber johnnies, poems(what might have been)nStarsky and Hutch gave good TV(what might have been)nAnd Starsky looked like me nWhen we were youngnnWhat might have beennWhat might have beennWhat might have beennnWith a start he was awoken from the middle of a dreamnHe's making movies in his head that never will be seennHe's holding Oscar in his hands and kissing beauty queensnWhat might have been (what might have been)nWhat might have beennWhen we were young