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)