Youth Not Wasted

Found a photo of us from back in the day
All smiles, children on their way
Considered and caught in full living colour
Proof that we were here, proof that we were real

Youth not wasted, youth not wasted on the young
Youth not wasted, never wasted on the young

So many books on the shelf left unread
Never enough time to reach for them all
Stories and rhymes, and we will stay strangers
Pages of things that I had hoped to know

Youth not wasted, youth not wasted on the young
Youth not wasted, never wasted on the young

Mmm, and it's getting later now
The streetlights are starting to come on
All that living needs somewhere to go
Exploding out head-on into the great big world

Youth not wasted, youth not wasted on the young
Youth not wasted, never wasted on the young