For All These Years

[Verse 1]
I got a scent on you
I got something here to show
It's somebody's slice of life

I had it tailor-made
I had it soaken, shaken and
Shown around the world

And all of these things you tell me
I can't quite believe
You are still there and I'm still trying
To be somebody

[Verse 2]
Always on the upkeep
Always trying to reach the rest of us
We don't have anything to say, nothing to give
Well, life it blows away

I have another chance, I may have two lives
But both my lives will be brief lives
And then
You all will wonder why

I was only 16 years old
You were only 17
Life isn't so complicated
But then life isn't s'posed to be

For all these years
For all these years

[Bridge]
Could somebody tell them
To hurry on, hurry on down?
Can somebody tell them
To hurry on, hurry on?

[Verse 3]
Every censor, everybody loses their way
I have a wealth of material
I have a well of people to share with you

Every lover
Well they all tell lies
I have his wife in the background
But I have more than this, I have more than this

And if Mr Chaste
He has a past
Give it to me

[Outro]
I was only 16 years old
You were only 17
Life isn't so complicated
But then life isn't s'posed to be

For all these years
For all these years