We were just kids, underachieved, runnin on contraband drive   Backyard gigs, AXP, drinking till the early sunrise   Beginning of an era, occupation concern,   a boy makes a man's tough choice   Paltry income, wood that won't burn,   listen to the desperate voice      Now it's 1997   I got no plans but the future's coming fast   1997   Oh, oh this is what I know      Five years gone, the pressure just mounts,   a boulder that just won't budge   Alternatives closed, better find that sound,   what you got just aint enough   Sink or swim, sea of defeat, 10,000 miles of road   Unified plunge, drunken colleagues,   tears through a foreign pay phone      Now it's 1997   I got no plans but the future's coming fast,    1997    Oh, oh this is what I know   1997   Better make plans or the future's gonna pass   1997   Oh, oh I just don't know       We were just kids, indecisive not dumb,   adolescent state of mind   No one's packing in, traveling bums, failure is far behind