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[Verse 1]
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When I was just a skinny lad on holiday by the sea,
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I met a girl in a Rancid shirt, and a tape she gave to me,
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With the Black Flag "First Four Years" and the Minor Threat Discography,
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And punk rock saved my life.
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Going down the Red Eye back in 1998,
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Hanging out with Household Names and staying out too late,
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This angry adolescent found an outlet for his hate,
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And punk rock saved my life.

[Verse 2]
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The vision wasn't perfect and we knew it all along,
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We dressed like fucking idiots and got our facts all wrong.
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But everyone must needs be an extremist when they're young:
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Fucking with your parents makes you grow up big and strong.

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Folding zines and record sleeves while sitting round at home,
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Flicking through the catalogues and distros at the shows,
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Circle pits and sing-a-longs, come on let's fucking go!
    G
And punk rock saved my life.

[Verse 3]
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That little dream is over, it was never going to last.
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Everybody's moved along and it's all in the past.
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But when I was just 16 I pinned my colours to the mast:
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Punk rock's in the ink that's in my skin,
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The attitude in every song I sing.
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And we didn't change the world, we didn't win.
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We probably didn't even save my life, it's true,
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But I bet we had a better time than you.