combat boots and a scratched up record   signed by the hero of long ago   a pair of vans and some torn up blue jeans   this is his world, that's what he knows   he's gonna find a girl who thinks like he does   gonna grow older but never old   heard his first punk song when he was 16   minor threat I think it was   24 now - hates his job   used to know why - now it's just because   skates a lot - he likes the older wheels   big and green with independent trucks   had a girlfriend, they broke up last week   she said his friends were useless fucks   he's gonna find a girl who thinks like he does   gonna grow older but never old   he's following a different drum   for him these are the years of gold   in high school the teachers thought he was stupid   but he got A's when he wanted to in class   he's watching out for the football jocks   so far they haven't kicked his ass