Song Description
Goo goo dolls, Gin Blossoms, mid-tempo, 6/4 swing song of reminiscence and life experience. Beautiful harmonies in the chorus.
| Song Length |
3:02 |
Genre |
Folk - Rock, Rock - Easy Listening |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Content, Sociable |
Subject |
Life, Time |
| Similar Artists |
Goo Goo Dolls, Gin Blossoms |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Remembering when we were much younger then (but who wasn't)
We may look back and find we've left too much behind (but who doesn't)
Clouds are like our dreams so far out of reach overhead
No swinging back when this pendulums' swung
Youth is most definitely wasted on the young.
Trust and we must there'd be all this confusion and doubt,
If I knew then what I know now, would everything have worked out
Sun shines the same on the cradle as it does on the stone
And all men are sinners when all said and done,
Youth is most definitely wasted on the young
Ashes, ashes, we all fall down
Youth is most definitely wasted on the young
Time is on our side, but it's got a strange way of showin' it
The best things are happenin' so slow without us even knowin' it
Time's made the changin' but there's nothing new 'neath the sun
And everything rests on a slip of a tongue
Songs we sing now could have never been sung
Youth is most definitely wasted on the young
On the young
On the young