Tried to be a poet
In the days of lean and hunger
Lamented chronicles of loneliness spilled ever forward
Behaving ever younger
Dying to be older
Sure I was the only one who felt the way I did
What a hopeless kid
What a hopeless kid
We'd walk those streets through the swollen summer nights
With a longing unresolved
Beneath those pale streetlights
We played the fool
Dreaming in our jeans
So uncool
All for romance
Tried my hand at stealing hearts
Never got the hang of it
Couldn't talk like Brando
Never looked like James Dean
But in my heart I felt it
And someday they'd all see it
Longing for a lonely one who felt the way I did
What a precious kid
What a hopeless kid
We'd walk those streets through the swollen summer nights
With a longing unresolved
Beneath those pale streetlights
We played the fool
Dreaming in our jeans
So uncool
All for romance
All for romance
We'd walk those streets through the swollen summer nights
With a longing unresolved
Beneath those pale streetlights
We played the fool
Dreaming in our jeans
So uncool
All for romance
All for romance