Lyrics for 16 as interpreted by youth_underground

16 Lyrics
Every night I dream the same dream
Of getting older all the time
I ask you now, what does this mean?
Are these problems just in my mind?
Things are easy when you're a child
But now these pressures have dropped on my head
The length I've gone are just long miles
Would they be shorter if I were dead

Every time I look in my past
I always wish I was there
I wish my youth would forever last
Why are these times so unfair

Look at my friends and see what they've done
Ask myself why they had to change
I like them better when they were young
Now all these times are rearranged
I look down and stand there and cry
Nothing ever will be the same
The sun is rising, now I ask why?
The clouds now fall and here comes the rain

Every time I look in my past
I always wish I was there
I wish my youth would forever last
Why are these times so unfair

Every night I dream the same dream
Of getting older all the time
I ask you now, what does this mean?
Are these problems just in my mind?
Things are easy when you're a child
But now these pressures have dropped on my head
The length I've gone are just long miles
Would they be shorter if I were dead

Every time I look in my past
I always wish I was there
I wish my youth would forever last
Why are these times so unfair

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nerdypunkchick
04-27-2002

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when we're young we wish we were older. but when we are older we wish for our youth again. life isn't fair.

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GabeM19
06-01-2002

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Yeah thats so true, once I turned 16 I stopped wanting to get older...whats the point?

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chorts29
06-03-2002

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this is my favorite song by green day. I think it's because it's the song that i can relate to the most. The lyrics describe all my feelings about the sh*t that has happened to me the past few years. its just a great song.

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Isaiah
08-07-2002

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i can relate to most green day songs thats why they are the shit band.

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terraryzin
08-24-2002

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I agree with all you guys I can relate to it to when im 16 now i spent ages wishing i'd get here and now it sucks.
'look at my friends and see what they've done ask myself why they've had to change' thats my favourite line its good cause its true.

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MuRdErDoLLz_PuNk
09-02-2002

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Great Lyrics


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McShine
09-23-2002

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Yeah I think a lot of it has to do with how our friends (who once were in the same situation) are out partying and what not and we're tryin to get thier but sometimes it seems we're wasting our time

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Billie_Joe_is_mine
05-03-2003

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yeah. i love this song, i just think the same that you guys do about it. its really good. being a teenager sucks. but i think if you can get through teenage years then you can get through practically anything.

X peace X

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terrancenphillip
06-18-2003

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To me, this song just goes hand in hand with Green Day's song "I Was There." That one is an optimistic, hopeful look at the future, and this one is bitter and pessimistic. Most people feel both of these feelings when they're growing up, and both songs perfectly describe the feelings.

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juff
10-09-2004

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Billie Joe and John had really opposite views on their past

BJ: Every time I look in my past, I always wish I was there
John: I look into the past, and I want to make it last, I was there

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Minifin4BillieJoe
10-19-2004

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im not 16 yet :S lol
gr8 song tho!!

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brain_stew
10-20-2004

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I think it's about just wanting to stay young forever, not wanting to ride this roller coaster of adolescense, just wanting to spend the rest of your lfie without a care. How many times havie thought about that? Too many to count, really.

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Jakebert
11-27-2004

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Very good song, growing up is hard.
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High_On_Lithium
01-29-2005

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Life is not fair and when we're old and grumpy we're gonna ask ourselves "Where the hell did all my youth go?" I thought growing up would be cool but it actually sucks...well, depends on the person.

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Pyrotechnic
03-29-2005

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I've always liked how greenday was extremely honest with their feelings, and since they were young when they wrote this, it really hits home for me.

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sw33t_ang3l
06-09-2005

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This song is awesome! The lyrics are great! So true! I’m going to be 16 soon. And I don’t want to get older anymore, `cause life is so hard.

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GreenDayGirl1991
08-18-2005

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This is song is so cool. It's got a fun beat. This song is just about how much life sucks and how you never want to grow up. I love it.

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fangsincluded
12-30-2005

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This song is about growing up and having to take responsiblity and like your friends younger less serious selves.

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Green Day rules oya
01-16-2006

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January 15 I just turned 16 so I blasted this song it was great!!!!!!

I got tons of Green Day presents

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ahhhhmmm
02-15-2006

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God Green Day are a waste of space, their music make me want to scratch out my eyes. What would that do to help? Well I would just hope that the excrushiating of having my eyes scratched out would allow me for one moment to forget the Green Day and their "music" exist.

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ahhhhmmm
02-15-2006

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corrections, makes instead of make and that instead of the.

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be
02-25-2006

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this song is about how billy sucked his first cock when he was 16.Go to www.hisfirstbigone.com to see it live.You must be 18 to view.

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CD Holder
03-01-2006

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Why the hell do three of green days songs consist of numbers?

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Sk3wl_BUs
03-02-2006

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OMFG LOL!!! be you suck... jk i never went there...

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Sk3wl_BUs
03-02-2006

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OMFG LOL!!! be you suck... jk i never went there...

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