18 Candles

[Verse 1] Keep your pictures in the scrapbook Put your posters on the wall Save your pennies in your pocket 'Cause the pressure's on us all Oh, oh, it's just begun [Verse 2] Keep your friends by your shoulder Save your lovers in your heart Put your enemies behind your back That's where they always are Are, are, it's just begun [Chorus] Now I'm eighteen, seeing something I've never seen When I was sixteen, thought I knew it all (I knew it all) Now I'm eighteen, walking through the fire life throws me I've eighteen candles left to burn [Verse 3] Draw an outline in my sketchbook Erase all your regrets You go behind the bike shed To smoke a cigarette Ah, ah, it's just begun [Verse 4] Emotions like a pick and mix Don't know what you're gonna get You're crying to the mirror now It's all just in your head Ah, ah, it's just begun [Chorus] Now I'm eighteen, seeing something I've never seen When I was sixteen, thought I knew it all (I knew it all) Now I'm eighteen, walking through the fire life throws me I've eighteen candles left to burn [Bridge] Thirteen candles, soon you'll learn Fourteen candles, watch them burn Fifteen candles, soon you'll learn Sixteen candles, watch them burn Seventeen candles, soon you'll learn Eighteen candles, it's my turn [Chorus] Now I'm eighteen, seeing something I've never seen When I was sixteen, thought I knew it all (I knew it all) Now I'm eighteen, walking through the fire life throws me I've eighteen candles left to burn Now I'm eighteen, seeing something I've never seen When I was sixteen, thought I knew it all (I knew it all) Now I'm eighteen, walking through the fire life throws me I've eighteen candles left to burn I've eighteen candles left to burn