Leaning on the tilt light of an arcade game from Bally's
Goodnight from your childhood screams the fender wrecker's tally
Drinking Jim Beam at Burger King thinking we would live forever
Hotel party aftershock was the last time we're together

Kleptomania Penthouse if you have the nerves
Two wheel transportation will help you through the curves
Card sharks from the Freshmen got busted once at lunch
We had to serve detention with burnouts, jocks and punks

How were we supposed to know
When all they did was tell us
You can't sell a kid on a future like that
We turn our backs on everything flat
Underage and overwhelmed
Falling in love before we knew what love was
Getting in deep only up to our feet
At that age, never found, out of sync, full of sound
Diary spiral bound, out of sync, full of sound

Binge watching TV & movies hopped up on candy and coke
Tuesday discount movie house until Labor Day had broke
Summer won't end except when it does at the local county fair
First taste of drugs and 2nd base hugs
We'll meet again and the old pizza place

How were we supposed to know
When all they did was tell us
You can't sell a kid on a future like that
We turn our backs on everything flat
Underage and overwhelmed
Falling in love before we knew what love was
Getting in deep only up to our feet
At that age, never found, out of sync, full of sound
Diary spiral bound, out of sync, full of sound

Now they're mining our memories like they always do
Except this time it's happened to us
And it's funny & tragic, completely routine
Don't look too closely you'll see what it means

Everything looks like tail lights if all you do is race
In strip clubs by the airport the eighties take the stage
You can't hear the roar of the dreams as they die if you turn the music loud
I got cut off by the waitress in an unfamiliar town