Only young

This is the downstairs room where it all began

With a green microphone

And no future plan

I'd stay inside and play 'til my hands went numb

Strumming my J-45 until the rising sun

There was word on the streets that I would make it far

My last intention was to be a star

I always found them stupid in the magazines

Sharing their broken lives like they were broken jeans

I was only young with an unknown road ahead of me

That I had to take I had to face my destiny

'Cos when you're young

You'll do whatever it takes to get signed up

And get on the road to your destiny

Before long I was packing my stuff and hitting the road

My old yellow Renault

Could barely handle the load

My cosy quiet town life my future ex-wife

Were soon to be replaced by fun fast exciting times

I developed a taste for heavy chemicals and dope

That was the first real footfall on a very slippery slope

The house of cards I built slowly tumbled down

As I gradually became less easier to be around

I was only young with an unknown road ahead of me

That I had to take I had to face my destiny

'Cos when you're young

You'll do whatever it takes to get signed up

And get on the road to your destiny ^[1]