Back In The Day

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[Verse 1]
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When I was just a skinny lad on 
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holiday by the sea,
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I met a girl in a Rancid shirt, 
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and a tape she gave to me,
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With the Black Flag "First Four 
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Years" and the Minor Threat 
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Discography,
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And punk rock saved my life.
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Going down the Red Eye back in 1998,
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Hanging out with Household Names 
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and staying out too late,
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This angry adolescent found an 
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outlet for his hate,
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And punk rock saved my life.

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[Verse 2]
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The vision wasn't perfect and we 
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knew it all along,
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We dressed like fucking idiots and 
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got our facts all wrong.
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But everyone must needs be an 
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extremist when they're young:
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Fucking with your parents makes 
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you grow up big and strong.

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Folding zines and record sleeves 
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while sitting round at home,
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Flicking through the catalogues 
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and distros at the shows,
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Circle pits and sing-a-longs, come 
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on let's fucking go!
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And punk rock saved my life.

[Verse 3]
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That little dream is over, it was 
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never going to last.
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Everybody's moved along and it's all
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But when I was just 16 I pinned my 
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colours to the mast:
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Punk rock's in the ink that's in 
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my skin,
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The attitude in every song I sing.
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And we didn't change the world, we
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 didn't win.
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We probably didn't even save my 
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life, it's true,
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But I bet we had a better time 
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than you.