Twenty-One (2011)

[Verse 1]
When I was only seventeen, I couldn't wait for twenty-one
I'd hang around on Clayton Street in the bars there, gettin' drunk
A baseball cap and a fake ID would get me in the clubs
Then I would dance with the college girls and lie about who I was
I'd say, "I'm pre-Med, here at UGA, live on Milledge Avenue
I was raised over in Buckhead, I drive a BMW"
I was breakin' hearts and takin' names and numbers just for fun
Stealin' kisses, wishin' I was twenty-one

[Verse 2]
Thursdays came and thе pocket change would quickly disappear
Upstairs at Lowry's Tavеrn, we'd pay a nickel for every beer
Shootin' pool, smokin' cigarettes with a dizzy head and a grin
At 4 AM on a school night, still hangin' out with my friends
One hour's sleep on a dirty couch, no shower, off to school
Smellin' just like a brewery with a bad hangover too
The teachers all would hassle me, "Stay awake, pay attention"
I was catchin' hell, wishin' I was twenty-one

[Bridge]
The youngest one of all my friends, I didn't act my age
Too cool for the football games and the homecomin' parades

[Verse 3]
Now I'm somewhere in the gray of middle class and middle age
The man in the mirror looks more like my father every day
My clothes are out of fashion, my hair is gettin' thin
And my favorite conversation starts with "I remember when"
Still we go down to that college town, dancin' at the '80s bar
We drink until we feel a whole lot cooler than we are
Then I look at all those college girls, so innocent and young
And I just check 'em out and say, "Damn, I wish I was twenty-one"