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
* ‘Cos 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 my 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
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 I always meant to be
But I thought in spite of dreams You’d be sitting somewhere her with me
And we were never being boring We were never being bored
‘Cos we were never being boring We were never being bored