I never learned a thing in school
Never felt like I was cool
Dreaded the mile
'Cause I was runnin' from everything else
Cigarette burns on my blue jeans
Every Friday night was a movie
Held the world in the palm of my hands
And we didn't need anything else

Life keeps moving way too fast
Nothing beautiful can last

Wish I could take it back in time
Like it's 1999
Close my eyes and hit rewind
Back when things were better
The neighborhood was all we knew
Before we had something to lose
All our dreams kept coming true
Back when things were better

I'm more of a VHS
I'm more of a DVD
Before I had 4k
Before I had ADD
Takin' a joy ride
Runnin' on empty
Livin' a high life
Addicted to MTV
Bmx tires on the concrete
Take you on a tour of the suburbs
Swear to God everybody knew me
I felt like the king of the summer

Life keeps moving way too fast
Nothing beautiful can last

Wish I could take it back in time
Like it's 1999
Close my eyes and hit rewind
Back when things were better
The neighborhood was all we knew
Before we had something to lose
All our dreams kept coming true
Back when things were better

Posters on the wall of all the glory days
When things were better
Take me back to when we had the time to waste
When things were better
Posters on the wall of all the glory days
When things were better
Take me back to when we had the time to waste
When things were better

Wish I could take it back in time
Like it's 1999
Close my eyes and hit rewind
Back when things were better
The neighborhood was all we knew
Before we had something to lose
All our dreams kept coming true
Back when things were better

(B-B-Back when things were better)
(B-B-Back when things were better)