Being Boring

[Verse 1]

I came across a cache of old photos

And invitations to teenage parties

"Dress in white", one said with quotations

From someone's wife, a famous writer in the 1920s

[Pre-Chorus]

When you're young, you find inspiration

In anyone who's ever gone

And opened up a closing door

She said we were never feelin' bored

[Chorus]

'Cause we were never bein' boring

We had too much time to find for ourselves

We were nevеr bein' boring

We dressеd up and fought, then thought, "Make amends"

We were never holdin' back or worried that

Time would come to an end

[Verse 2]

When I left, I left from the station

With a haversack and some trepidation

Someone said if you're not careful

You'll have nothin' left and nothin' to care for in the 1970s

[Pre-Chorus]

But I sat back and lookin' forward

My shoes were high and I had scored

I'd bolted through a closing door

I would never find myself feelin' bored

[Chorus]

'Cause we were never bein' boring

We had too much time to find for ourselves

We were never bein' boring

We dressed up and fought, then thought, "Make amends"

We were never holdin' back or worried that

Time would come to an end

[Verse 3]

Now, I sit with different faces

In rented rooms and foreign places

All the people I was kissing

Some are here and some are missing in the 1990s

[Pre-Chorus]

I never dreamt that I would get to be

The creature that I always meant to be

But I thought in spite of dreams

You'd be sitting somewhere here with me

[Chorus]

'Cause we were never bein' boring

We had too much time to find for ourselves

We were never bein' boring

We dressed up and fought, then thought, "Make amends"

We were never holdin' back or worried that

Time would come to an end

We were always hopin' that lookin' back

You can always rely on a friend