Lyrics

Some people I've met wear their age like a T-shirt That lasts just one summer, then is tossed away But the day I woke up 17, I knew instantly I always would be 17 To me, 17 wasn't some phase, or craze, or fad I could wear for just 12 months 17 and I met and it was game over That's it. It's you and me forever, kid… We were just children in the morning Playing grown-ups in the run-down flats Sat up drinking, back to back Cos we both had that, what do you call it? Wild sign, I choose you A handsome man once said That all the best songs sound like longing The bеst people run on it, too Sends thеm aching, tearing, charging Relax, I'll spare you that cringe Kerouac quote Of all the people In all the places There are those you never leave behind Now I see them standing in a line All 25, like a video game player select screen 25 years of relentless stupidity And they can never take that away from us Still think we could win wars together Or just sit in bed Smoking tabs, tarred and feathered We were just children in the morning As the dawn tore through the run-down flats Sat up laughing, back to back Cos we both had that, what do you call it? Wild sign, I choose you I want to live in a 1970s film Crash my scooter off a cliff, so that finally I might come of age I want to live in a 1980s film Where gangs of homeless punks stand round bin fires in downtown LA I want to live in a 1990s film Where Diane and Renton meet up years later, on the run I want to live in a 2020s film Where we find heroes in each other Cos we're living in an age of none Some people I've met wear their age like a T-shirt That lasts just one summer, then is tossed away But the day I woke up 17, I knew instantly I always would be 17 To me, 17 wasn't some phase, or craze, or fad I could wear for just 12 months 17 and I met and it was game over That's it. It's you and me forever, kid