Appears on: 39/Smooth [1990], 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours [1991]
Music by: Green Day
Lyrics by: Billie Joe Armstrong
Length: 3:24
Information
One of the tracks written while the band were still named 'Sweet Children'.
Lyrics
Every night I dream the same dream
Of getting older and older all the time
I ask you now, what does this mean?
Are all these problems just in my mind?
Things are easy when you're a child
But now these pressures are dropped on my head
The length I've gone are just long miles
Would they be shorter if I were dead?
Everytime I look in my past
I always wish I was there
I wish my youth would forever last
Why are these times so unfair?
Look at my friends and see what they've done
Ask myself why they've had to change
I liked them better when they were young
Now all these times are rearranged
I look down and stand there and cry
Nothing ever will be the same
The sun is rising, now I ask why
The clouds are falling, here comes the rain
Everytime I look in my past
I always wish I was there
I wish my youth would forever last
Why are these times so unfair?
Yeah
Everynight I dream the same dream
Of getting older and older all the time
I ask you now, what does this mean?
Are all these problems just in my mind?
Things are easy when you're a child
But now these pressures are dropped on my head
The length I've gone are just long miles
Would they be shorter if I were dead?
Everytime I look in my past
I always wish I was there
I wish my youth would forever last
Why are these times so unfair?
