Well I don't follow any trend

I don't sulk for hours on end

I don't wanna reach out 'n' punch someone

I am what I hated when I was young

I don't wear designer clothes

I ain't got pins in my nose

I ain't got a tattoo on my bum

I am what I hated when I was young

Poverty was a wonderful thing everyone enjoyed

We were eatin' grass not smokin' it

Wasn't like this when I was a boy

Wasn't like this when I was a boy

I don't rob old people's homes

I don't steal no cellular phones

I kinda like my Dad and Mom

I am what I hated when I was young

I don't holler, I don't hoot

I don't act like a nincompoop

I don't hide when the police come

I am what I hated when I was young

I'm slowin' down, I'm getting old

N' my back is getting bad

I just sit 'n' moan all day

Wasn't like this when I was a lad

Wasn't like this when I was a lad

Comb my hair, brush my teeth

Wash my feet more than once a week

N' I never leave my flies undone

I am what I hated when I was young

I'm the original mixed up kid

I ain't proud of what I did

Now I'm older, calmed down some

I hate what I used to be when I was young

I hate what I used to be when I was young

I hate what I used to be when I was young