INTRO:   X 2 VERSE: Lookin’ back on my younger days Life was a play and the world a stage   Lust love and greed were in my heart   I thought I had to play each part   I’d skip school and get in a fight Had a different girl every Friday night   But it all came out in the wash   Dad always said boys will be boys   PRE-CHORUS: And Mom and dad backed me through it all   Picked me up each time I’d fall   In fact they called it growing pains   And said all kids must try such things   CHORUS: They kept the faith and brought me through   I still make a mistake or two   Lookin’ back on my younger days                                                   Life was a play and the world a stage   VERSE: I lost my driver’s license twice   For speeding and running red lights   But like all kids I lived and learned   Play with fire and you’ll get burned   I bucked the system day and night   Smoked cigarettes and tried the wine   Thought breakin’ rules was bein’ cool   It’s clear to me now I was a fool   PRE-CHORUS: And Mom and dad backed me through it all   Picked me up each time I’d fall   In fact they called it growing pains   And said all kids must try such things CHORUS:   They kept the faith and brought me through   I still make a mistake or two   Lookin’ back on my younger days Life was a play and the world a stage     TAG: Yeah everything turned out ok   Life was a play and the world a stage OUTRO:            (          2X and FADE)