Wasted youth!
Wasted youth!

Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh

I know that I will never be politically correct
And I don't give a damn about my lack of ettiquette
As far as I'm concerned the world could still be flat
And if the thrill is gone then it's time to take it back
If the thrill is gone then it's time to take it back
Who am I?
Why am I here?
Forget the questions someone get me another beer

What's the meaning of life?
What's the meaning of it all?
You gotta learn to dance
Before you learn to crawl
You gotta learn to dance
Before you learn to crawl

So sign up, all you raw recruits
Throw away those designer suits
You got your weapons cocked, your targets in your sights
There's a party raging, somewhere in the world
You gotta serve your country, gotta service your girl
You're all enlisted in the army of the night

And I ain't in it for the power
And I ain't in it for my health
I ain't in it for the glory of anything at all
And I sure ain't in it for the wealth
But I'm in it til' it's over
And I just can't stop
If you want to get it done, you have to do it yourself
And I like my music like I like my life
Everything louder than everything else
Everything louder than everything else
Everything louder than everything else
Everything louder than everything else
Everything louder than everything else
Everything louder than everything else

Wasted youth!
Wasted youth!
Wasted youth!
Wasted youth!

They got a file on me that's a mile long
And they say that they've got all of the proof
That I'm just another case of arrested development
I'm just another wasted youth

They say that I'm in need of some radical discipline
They say I gotta face the truth
That I'm just another case of arrested development
I'm just another wasted youth

They say I'm wild and I'm reckless
I should be acting my age
I'm an impressionable child In a tumultuous world
And they say I'm at a difficult stage

But it seems to me to the contrary
Of all the crap they're gonna put on the page
That a wasted youth is better by far
Then a wise and productive old age
A wasted youth is better by far
Then a wise and productive old age
A wasted youth is better by far
Then a wise and productive old age
A wasted youth is better by far
Then a wise and productive old age
A wasted youth is better by far
Then a wise and productive old age
A wasted youth is better by far
Then a wise and productive old age

Louder, louder, louder, louder, louder, louder, louder, louder
Louder

If you want my views of history
Then there's something you should know
The three men I admire most are Curly, Larry, Moe
Don't worry about the future
Sooner or later it's the past if they say the thrill is gone then it's time to take it back
If the thrill is gone then it's time to take it back

So sign up, all you raw recruits
Throw away those two bit suits
You got your weapons cocked, your targets in your sights
There's a party raging, somewhere in the world
You gotta serve your country, gotta service your girl
You're all inducted in the army of the night
And I ain't in it for the power
And I ain't in it for my health
I ain't in it for the glory of anything at all
And I sure ain't in it for the wealth
But I'm in it til' it's over
And I just can't stop
If you want to get it done, you got to fight for yourself
And I like my music like I like my life

Everything louder than everything else
Everything louder than everything else
Everything louder than everything else
Everything louder than everything else
Everything louder than everything else
Everything louder than everything else
(Everything louder, everything)
Everything louder than everything else
Everything louder than everything else
Everything louder than everything else
(Everything louder, everything louder)
Everything louder than everything else
Everything louder than everything else
Everything louder than everything else
(Everything louder, everything louder, everything)
Everything louder than everything else
Everything louder than everything else
Everything louder than everything else
(Everything louder, everything)
Everything louder than everything else
Everything louder than everything else
Everything louder than everything else
(Everything louder, everything louder, everything)
Everything louder than everything else
Everything louder than everything else
Everything louder than everything else
(Everything louder, everything louder, everything)
Everything louder than everything else
Everything louder than everything else
Everything louder than everything else
Everything louder than everything else


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    What can I say? It's the basic catch phrase of rock in every generation. Live fast and hard, die young and leave a beautiful corpse.

    Lioness_Whisperson July 20, 2002   Link

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