Only 21 - The Partisans

We grew up together

We saw it all we thought we had it made

But how was I gonna know

That the bond we had would soon begin to fade

The times we spent the fun we had

Are the memories that just turned bad

But that’s the price we pay for being young

We roamed the streets of every town

We almost had the country on its knees

But mass acceptance dragged you down

We were a problem overcome with ease

But unlike as we thought was right

We went down without a fight

And we let them grind us into the ground

The years have gone behind us

The things we’ve said and done

It’s strange to be nostalgic

When you’re only 21

There came a time when you were gone

When everything you stood for disappeared

And now I look at the shadow left

And I doubt if you will reappear

'Cos you’ve left a legacy of clones

Of broken minds in broken homes

And it looks like I’ve become a memory