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Every night I dream the same dream,

Of getting older and older all the time

I ask you now, what does this mean?

Are these problems just in my mind?

Things are easy when you're a child,

But now these pressures have dropped on my head.

The length I've gone are just long miles,

Would they be shorter, if I were dead?

Every time 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 had to change,

I like 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 now fall and here comes the rain.

Every time I look in my past,

I always wish I was there.

I wish my youth would forever last,

Why are these times so unfair?

Every night I dream the same dream,

Of getting older and older all the time.

I ask you now, what does this mean?

Are these problems just in my mind?

Things are easy when you're a child,

But now these pressures have dropped on my head.

The length I've gone are just long miles,

Would they be shorter, if I were dead?

Every time I look in my past,

I always wish I was there.

I wish my youth would forever last,

Why are these times so unfair?

• Artist:Green Day
• Album:1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours (1991)