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Every night I dream the same dream
Of getting older and older all the time
I ask you now what does this mean
Are all these problems just in my mind?
Things are easy when you're a child
But now these pressures have dropped on my head
The lengths I've gone are just long miles
Would they be shorter if I were dead?
[Chorus]
Every time I look in my past
I always wish I was there
I wish my youth would forever last
Why are all these times so unfair?
Look at my friends and see what they've done
Ask my self why they've had to change
I liked them better when they were young
Now all these times are rearranged
I look down, and stand there, and cry
But nothing ever will be the same
The sun is rising; now I ask why
The clouds have fallen; here comes the rain
[Chorus]
Every night I dream the same dream
Of getting older and older all the time
I ask you now what does this mean
Are all these problems just in my mind?
Things are easy when you're a child
But now these pressures have dropped on my head
The lengths I've gone are just long miles
Would they be shorter if I were dead?
[Chorus]
Of getting older and older all the time
I ask you now what does this mean
Are all these problems just in my mind?
Things are easy when you're a child
But now these pressures have dropped on my head
The lengths I've gone are just long miles
Would they be shorter if I were dead?
[Chorus]
Every time I look in my past
I always wish I was there
I wish my youth would forever last
Why are all these times so unfair?
Look at my friends and see what they've done
Ask my self why they've had to change
I liked them better when they were young
Now all these times are rearranged
I look down, and stand there, and cry
But nothing ever will be the same
The sun is rising; now I ask why
The clouds have fallen; here comes the rain
[Chorus]
Every night I dream the same dream
Of getting older and older all the time
I ask you now what does this mean
Are all these problems just in my mind?
Things are easy when you're a child
But now these pressures have dropped on my head
The lengths I've gone are just long miles
Would they be shorter if I were dead?
[Chorus]
Lyrics submitted by youth_underground
Track duration: 03:24
"16" as written by Billie Joe/kiffmeyer Armstrong
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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I am 16 and I have gone through SUCH a trauma this summer.
I wish I hadn't had to grow up so much.
I just wish I was an innocent kid again.
Your parents pain and ire can create a psychological (and MORE) mess for your future.
Why can't they leave us kids OUT of their marital problems?
just like in coming clean and king for a day; all have similar meanings
and your stuck in memory.