youth gone wild

since i was young

they couldn't hold me down

another misfit kid

in another burned-out town

i never played by the rules

i never really cared

my nasty reputation takes me everywhere

i look and see it's not only me

so many others have stood where i stand

we are the young so raise your hands

they call us problem child

we spend our lives on trial

we walk an endless mile

we are the youth gone wild

we stand and we won't fall

we're one and one for all

the writing's on the wall

we are the youth gone wild

boss screamin' in my ear 'bout who i'm supposed to be

in a 3-piece wall street smile and son you'll look just like me"