WITH LAUGHING EYES
I DO RECALL
EVERY FACE
THAT CRAMMED THIS HALL
AND IN THIS ROOM
OUR HATS WERE HUNG
AND WORDS WERE WRITTEN
AND SONGS WERE SUNG
AND WE HELD
OUR GLASSES HIGH
AND WE DARED
TO REACH FOR THE SKY
AND WE NEVER
WOULD GROW OLD
WHEN WE WERE
THE NEW BOYS
AND ON THESE STREETS
WE WERE LIKE KINGS
WE'D ROLL AND TUMBLE
FIGHT AND SING
AND IN THESE SMOKY PUBS
THE YARNS WERE SPUN
AND MANY A SWEETHEART
WAS LOST AND WON
AND ON
THESE GREEN FIELDS
WE PLAYED FOR PRIDE
NO QUARTER GIVEN
NO COMPROMISE
WE WERE LOVERS
AND WE WERE SONS
WHEN WE
WERE THE NEW BOYS
WHEN WE
WERE THE NEW BOYS
BEHIND THESE CELLAR DOORS
ON CHEAP GUITARS
WE PLAYED OUR BLUES
TILL THE EARLY HOURS
NO ONE WAS LISTENING
BUT A FEW OLD FRIENDS
WE NEVER DREAMED
IT COULD EVER END
THIS WAS OUR MOMENT
THIS WAS OUR SPACE
THIS WAS A JEWEL
OF A TIME TO HAVE GRACED
BUT THEY'RE ALL
SWEET MEMORIES NOW
WHEN WE WERE THE NEW BOYS
WHEN WE WERE THE NEW BOYS
ALL MY LIFE
I'VE BEEN RUNNING DOWN
THE SIDE
OF THIS HILL
BUT WAY DOWN
DEEP IN MY HEART
DON'T WANT THE WATER
TO EVER BE STILL
ALL THESE FRIENDS
HAVE LONG SINCE GONE
BLOWN AND SCATTERED
LIKE AUTUMN LEAVES
SOME ARE LAWYERS
AND SOME ARE THIEVES
SOME ARE NOW
BEHIND THE SUN
BUT I'LL NEVER
NEVER BE AFRAID
FROM THE CRADLE
TO THE GRAVE
I LEARNED MY LESSON
AND I LEARNED IT WELL
WHEN WE WERE THE NEW BOYS
WHEN WE WERE THE NEW BOYS
WHEN WE WERE THE NEW
OH YEAH
YEAH YEAH YEAH
AND WE HELD
OUR GLASSES HIGH
AND WE DARED
TO REACH FOR THE SKY
AND WE NEVER
NEVER WOULD GROW OLD
WHEN WE WERE THE NEW BOYS
WHEN WE WERE THE NEW BOYS
WHEN WE WERE THE NEW BOYS
WHEN WE WERE THE NEW BOYS
OOOOOOOOOOH
OOOOOOOOOOH
OOOOOOOOOOH