D'you ever come back to these days you ran away from school?
When we were playing the adults and smoking was cool
And looking back at us then we can wonder just how
We ended up in the middle of serious life now
It's cheesy I find myself now reliving those days
Was stupid but life was simpler in so many ways
When parents told my behaviour must come to an end
Back then I thought they were aliens, now I understand
We used to hang out in a basement and listen to punk
Sleepovers with phony parents and coming home drunk
Not all of what we were doing I'm chiefly proud of
But thanks to them I have met all those people I love
It's cheesy I find myself now reliving those days
Was stupid but life was simpler in so many ways
When parents told my behaviour must come to an end
Back then I thought they were aliens, now I understand
D'you ever come back to these days there was you and me?
Still after years I regret that it happened to be