Believe it not I wasnt always this massive I didnt haved a beard and I didnt need glasses I liked to read Secret Seven and The BFG Spider man comic books Heavy metal magazines Whatever, I dug words and we didnt have a telly mate Jus ran about the place and played Every single lucky day Lucky me I was raised In a valley In Wales Big Lakes Slate mountains Fountains You could hear the echoes of your shouting ringing out for miles Knew all the neighbours round the way they faces was all smiles The nearest town was miles But why should I care? When everything a little kid could want was right there? Frogspawn, long grass Tower, come see man! Tricicle, paddle pool Power fist He Man! Can you believe man I wished those years away Oh, what I wouldnt give to be like I was back in the day For one day Chorus Back in the day I was young Im not a kid anymore But somedays I wish I was a kid again Back in the day I was young Im not a kid anymore But somedays I wish I was a kid again But soon school comes And so ends the summertime Unready for a glummer time Initially Im stunned and Im Sure shitll be just fine but it isnt The whole process turns your nest into a prison What was is is what is isnt What you thought was just a dream And What you have to now accept Is that some people will be mean Theres a world that comes between What youve thought and youve seen If you youre gonna get on you must now Abandon what youve been And become what they say or They will make you pay, oh Each and very day youre Certified a gayer From that plastic chair youre sitting in The trousers that youre shitting in The margins that youve written in Youre having trouble fitting in Theyll break your brain if you give em a chance Whether it be tacking what you look like or the way you choose to dance If you question for a second then theyll be blowing down your house But whatver, dont you ever, dont you ever shut your mouth, son Chorus Putting up a bit of a protest When your mam tries washing you Adam and The Ants outs inherent moshing Youve no real concept of rock whats popular You dont give a gosh if youve got no dosh And you dont get told anything about hiroshima You think youre the dopest and there aint no stopping you And there aint no stopping you Over field, up a wall Doesnt matter if you fall Anythings possible When youre small As I recall, I felt far more tall Im sure I was far more cool And all we had to worry about was, like, woodlice and bug bites Feathers and gobshites Bedtime in daylight In awe of the weather, yeah were clever, how I guess well never be as young as we are right now... Chorus x 3
youve, somedays, kid, day, frogspawn