I came across a cache of old photos And invitations to teenage parties Dress in white, one said with quotations From someone's wife, a famous writer In the 1920s When you're young, you find inspiration In anyone who's ever gone And opened up a closing door She said: We were never feeling bored 'Cause we were never being boring We had too much time to find for ourselves And we were nevеr being boring We dressеd up and fought, then thought: Make amends And we were never holding back or worried that Time would come to an end When I went, I left from the station With a haversack and some trepidation Someone said: If you're not careful You'll have nothing left and nothing to care for In the 1970s But I sat back and looking forward My shoes were high and I had scored I'd bolted through a closing door And I would never find myself feeling bored 'Cause we were never being boring We had too much time to find for ourselves And we were never being boring We dressed up and fought, then thought: Make amends And we were never holding back, worried that Time would come to an end We were always hoping that, looking back You could always rely on a friend I come from Newcastle in the North of England We used to have lots of parties Where everyone got dressed up And on one party invitation was the quote She was never bored Mainly because she was never boring The song is about growing up The ideals that you have when you’re young And how they turn out Now I sit with different faces In rented rooms and foreign places All the people I was kissing Some are here and some were missing By the 1990s I never dreamt that I would get to be The creature that I always meant to be But I thought in spite of dreams You'd be sitting somewhere here with me 'Cause we were never being boring We had too much time to find for ourselves And we were never being boring We dressed up and fought, then thought: Make amends And we were never holding back or worried that Time would come to an end We were always hoping that, looking back You could always rely on a friend 'Cause we were never being boring We had too much time to find for ourselves And we were never being boring We dressed up and fought, then thought: Make amends And we were never holding back, worried that Time would come to an end