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Youth Is Wasted

from Rooftop Screamer II by Rooftop Screamer

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a pop country rock song about being too young and stupid to appreciate being young and stupid.

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Youth Is Wasted

IF I KNEW THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW
I WOULD HAVE FIXED ALL THE WRONG SOMEHOW
WHAT I’D GIVE TO DO IT OVER AGAIN
YOUTH IS WASTED ON THE YOUNG

I REMEMBER BACK IN SCHOOL
I THOUGHT THAT I WAS COOL
DIDN’T CARE FOR NO ONE BUT MYSELF
I NEVER REALIZED HOW GOOD YOU WERE BACK THEN
WISH I WERE A KINDER GENTLEMAN

GET THE TAPE TO REWIND, LET ME DO IT

I MUST APOLOGIZE, I KNOW I MADE YOU CRY
BUT I WAS HAPPY LIVING IN MY OWN WORLD
I SHOULD HAVE UNDERSTOOD I COULD HAVE DONE MORE GOOD
WISH I NEVER HURT YOU LIKE I DID

GET THE TAPE TO REWIND, LET ME DO IT

IF I KNEW THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW
I WOULD HAVE FIXED ALL THE WRONG SOMEHOW
WHAT I’D GIVE TO DO IT OVER AGAIN
YOUTH IS WASTED ON THE YOUNG

YOUTH IS WASTED ON THE YOUNG
YOUTH IS WASTED ON THE, IT’S SO WASTED ON THE…
YOUTH IS WASTED ON THE YOUNG

NOW I KNOW WHAT I DID WRONG
WAS BLIND FOR WAY TOO LONG
I KNOW I SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO MY OLD MAN
PLEASE JUST GIVE ME ONE MORE CHANCE, TAKE A TRIP IN TIME
GO BACK AND MAKE LOVE TO YOU ONE MORE TIME

IF I KNEW THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW
I WOULD HAVE FIXED ALL THE WRONG SOMEHOW
WHAT I’D GIVE TO DO IT OVER AGAIN
YOUTH IS WASTED ON THE YOUNG

YOUTH IS WASTED ON THE YOUNG
YOUTH IS WASTED ON THE, IT’S SO WASTED ON THE…
YOUTH IS WASTED ON THE YOUNG

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from Rooftop Screamer II, released August 8, 2019
Written, recorded, produced, arranged, performed and mixed by Roman Tytla.

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Rooftop Screamer Ashland, New York

Was it The Beatles for me? No, not for this guy. It was The Partridge Family! Yeah, I know, not cool. Actually hated the show but they would always play a song at the end of each episode. I had a crush on Shirley Jones and I wanted to sing and play guitar like David Cassidy. Have been writing songs and playing in bands ever since. ... more

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