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
NINETEEN-TWENTIES
WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG
YOU FIND INSPIRATION
IN ANYONE
WHO'S EVER GONE
AND OPENED UP A
CLOSING DOOR
SHE SAID
WE WERE NEVER
FEELING BORED
'CAUSE WE WERE
NEVER BEING BORING
WE HAD
TOO MUCH TIME
TO FIND FOR
OURSELVES
AND WE WERE NEVER
BEING BORING
WE DRESSED UP
AND FOUGHT
THEN THOUGHT
MAKE AMENDS
AND WE WERE
NEVER HOLDING
BACK
OR WORRIED THAT
TIME WOULD
COME TO AN END
WHEN I WENT
I LEFT FROM
THE STATION
WITH A HAVERSACK
AND SOME
TREPIDATION
SOMEONE SAID
IF YOU'RE NOT
CAREFUL
YOU'LL HAVE
NOTHING LEFT
AND NOTHING TO
CARE FOR
IN THE
NINETEEN-SEVENTIES
BUT I SAT BACK
AND LOOKING FORWARD
MY SHOES WERE HIGH
AND I HAD SCORED
I'D BOLTED THROUGH
A CLOSING DOOR
I WOULD NEVER
FIND MYSELF
FEELING BORED
'CAUSE WE
WERE NEVER
BEING BORING
WE HAD
TOO MUCH TIME
TO FIND FOR
OURSELVES
AND WE WERE NEVER
BEING BORING
WE DRESSED UP
AND FOUGHT
THEN THOUGHT
MAKE AMENDS
AND WE WERE
NEVER HOLDING BACK
OR WORRIED THAT
TIME WOULD
COME TO AN END
WE WERE ALWAYS
HOPING THAT
LOOKING BACK
YOU COULD ALWAYS
RELY ON A FRIEND
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
NINETEEN-NINETIES
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
'CAUSE WE
WERE NEVER
BEING BORING
WE HAD
TOO MUCH TIME
TO FIND FOR
OURSELVES
AND WE
WERE NEVER
BEING BORING
WE DRESSED UP
AND FOUGHT
THEN THOUGHT
MAKE AMENDS
AND WE WERE
NEVER HOLDING BACK
OR WORRIED THAT
TIME WOULD
COME TO AN END
WE WERE ALWAYS
HOPING THAT
LOOKING BACK
YOU COULD ALWAYS
RELY ON A FRIEND
AND WE WERE NEVER
BEING BORING
WE WERE NEVER
BEING BORED
'CAUSE
WE WERE NEVER
BEING BORING
WE WERE NEVER
BEING BORED