When I was just a skinny lad on holiday by the sea,
I met a girl in a Rancid shirt, and a tape she gave to me
With the Black Flag First Four Years and the Minor Threat Discography,
And punk rock saved my life.
Going down the Red Eye back in 1998,
Hanging out with Household Names and staying out too late,
This angry adolescent found an outlet for his hate,
And punk rock saved my life.
The vision wasn't perfect and we knew it all along,
We dressed like fucking idiots and got our facts all wrong.
But everyone must needs be an extremist when they're young –
Fucking with your parents makes you grow up big and strong.
Folding zines and record sleeves while sitting round at home,
Flicking through the catalogues and distros at the shows,
Circle pits and sing-a-longs, come on let's fucking go,
And punk rock saved my life.
That little dream is over, it was never going to last.
Everybody's moved along and it's all in the past,
But when I was just 16 I pinned my colours to the mast.
And punk rock's in the ink that's in my skin,
The attitude in every song I sing,
And we didn't change the world, we didn't win,
We probably didn't even save my life, it's true
But I bet we had a better time than you.
Back In The Day
Frank Turner
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A Decent Cup Of Tea A Love Worth Keeping Anymore Back To Sleep Better Half Broken Piano Casanova Lament Casanova Lament Cleopatra in Brooklyn Cowboy Chords Dan's Song Dan's Song Dancing Queen Dancing Queen (ABBA cover) Demons Demons (Acoustic) English Curse Euology Eva Mae Faithful Son Father's Day Father's Day Fix Me Four Simple Words Front Crawl Get Better Get Better - Acoustic Glorious You Glorious You - Acoustic Glory Hallelujah Glory Halleujah Good & Gone [Explicit] Good And Gone Hits & Mrs Hits & Mrs. Hold Your Tongue I Am Disappeared I Am Disappeared - Acoustic I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous I Really Don't Care What You Did On Your Gap ... I Still Believe I Still Believe - Acoustic If Ever I Stray Imperfect Tense Imperfect Tense [Truck Session] Isabel Jet Lag Jet Lag [Rock] Josephine Josephine - Acoustic Journey Of The Magi Least Of All Young Caroline Little Aphrodite Live Fast Die Old Long Live The Queen Longing For The Day Losing Days Love Forty Down Love Forty Down - Acoustic Love Ire & Song Love Ire And Song Lyrical References & Themes Mittens Mittens - Acoustic Mittens (Single Mix) Mr. Richards (Acoustic) Must Try Harder My Kingdom For A Horse Nashville Tennessee Next Round Oh Brother Oh Brother (Live From London 2013) Old Flames Once We Were Anarchists Our Lady Of The Campfire Our Lady of the Campfires Out of Breath Out Of Breath - Acoustic Pay to Cum (Bad Brains cover) Peggy Sang The Blues Peggy Sang The Blues - Acoustic Photosynthesis Photosynthesis [Truck Session] Plain Sailing Weather Plain Sailing Weather (Live From London 2013) Poetry Of The Deed Polaroid Picture Reasons Not To Be An Idiot Recovery Redemption [Matt Nasir Mix] Richard Divine Rock N' Roll Romance Romantic Fatigue Sailing Sea Legs Silent Key Silent Key - Acoustic Smiling At Strangers On Trains Smiling at Strangers on Trains (Million Dead cover... Something of Freedom Song for Josh Sons Of Liberty St Christopher Is Coming Home St. Christopher Is Coming Home Substitute Sunday Nights Sunshine State Tattoos Tell Tale Signs Telltale Signs Thatcher Fucked The Kids The Angel Islington The Armadillo The Ballad of Me & My Friends The Ballad Of Me And My Friends The District Sleeps Alone Tonight The Fastest Way Back Home The Fisher King Blues The Ladies Of London Town The Next Round The Next Storm The Next Storm - Acoustic The Opening Act of Spring The Opening Act Of Spring - Acoustic The Outdoor Type The Quiet One The Real Damage The Road The Way I Tend To Be This Town Ain't Big Enough For The One Of Me This Town Ain't Big Enough For The One Of Me Time Machine To Absent Friend To Take You Home Try This At Home Try This At Home [Album Version] [Version] Undeveloped Film Vital Signs We Shall Not Overcome Wherefore Art Thou Gene Simmons? Who’s Got a Match Wisdom Teeth Worse Things Happen At Sea You Are My Sunshine
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