misspent youth

seventeen and innocent

i wonder where all the years went

lookin' back on a youth misspent

god

i miss those days

all the chances that we took

always leaped and never looked

i tell you i could write a book

on all the hell we raised

thought i was cool with my lucky stripes

i didn't start too many fights

but in those days i finished quite a few

beat-up cars and the cheapest wine

and any trouble we could find

the worst of days were the best of times

lookin' back through life's rearview

lookin' back

i miss my misspent youth

i'm no worse now for the wear

i've gotten married and cut my hair

me and her we're quite a pair

all my friends say

and speaking of old friends

we still talk now and then

'cept now there's a few of them

you can only reach by prayer

we were cool with our lucky stripes

didn't start too many fights

but in those days we finished quite a few

beat-up cars and the cheapest wine

and any trouble that we could find

the worst of days were the best of times

lookin' back through life's rearview

and lookin' back

i miss my misspent youth

beat-up cars and the cheapest wine

and any trouble we could find

the worst of days were the best of times

lookin' back through life's rearview

and lookin' back

i miss my misspent youth

i miss my misspent youth