I OPENED UP THAT OLD TRUNK IN THE ATTIC
AND PULLED OUT MY OLD BASEBALL MITT
FOUND A BOX OF OLD POLAROID PICTURES
A PAIR BLUES JEANS THAT NO LONGER FIT
I TOOK AN "OH MY GOD LOOK" AT MY OLD HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK
FULL OF MEMORIES FROM MY YOUNGER YEARS
WHEN THE HAIR ON MY HEAD WAS THICKER AND THE LINES ON MY
FACE WERE'NT AS CLEAR

THOSE DAYS ARE GONE FOREVER IF I HAD KNOWN I WOULD HAVE
NEVER WISHED THEM AWAY
GROWING UP WAS SO EASY TO DO BUT NOW IT'S SO HARD TO
SWALLOW THE TRUTH
JUST ONE LOOK IN THE MIRROR IS PROOF THAT THE DUST HAS
SETTLED DOWN ON MY YOUTH

I REMEMBER THAT OLD YELLOW RAIN COAT
AND LITTLE BLACK RUBBER BOOTS ON MY FEET
I WAS JUMPING UP AND DOWN IN THE MIDDLE
OF THAT MUD PUDDLE OUT IN THE STREET

I TRIED TO SNEEK PASSED MY MOM BUT SHE SPIT ON HER THUMB
AND RUBBED IT ACROSS MY DIRTY FACE
AND EVERYTHING CAUGHT IN BETWEEN THEM DISAPPEARED WITHOUT
A TRACE

THOSE DAYS ARE GONE FOREVER IF I HAD KNOWN I WOULD HAVE
NEVER WISHED THEM AWAY
GROWING UP WAS SO EASY TO DO BUT NOW IT'S SO HARD TO
SWALLOW THE TRUTH
JUST ONE LOOK IN THE MIRROR IS PROOF THAT THE DUST HAS
SETTLED DOWN ON MY YOUTH