Wasted youth! Wasted youth!   I know that I will never be politically correct   And I don't give a damn about my lack of etiquette   As far as I'm concerned, the world could still be flat   And if the thrill is gone, then it's time to take it back   If the thrill is gone, then it's time to take it back   Who am I? Why am I here? Forget the questions, someone gimme another beer   What's the meaning of life, what's the meaning of it all?   You gotta learn to dance before you learn to crawl   You gotta learn to dance before you learn to crawl   So sign up all you raw recruits, throw away those designer suits   You got your weapons cocked, your targets in your sights   There's a party raging somewhere in the world   You gotta serve your country, gotta service your girl   You're all enlisted in the armies of the night   And I ain't in it for the power, and I ain't in it for the health   I ain't in it for the glory of anything at all   And I sure ain't in it for the wealth   But I'm in it till it's over and I just can't stop   If you wanna get it done, you gotta do it yourself   And I like my music like I like my life   Everything louder than everything else, everything louder than everything else   Everything louder than everything else, everything louder than everything else   Everything louder than everything else, everything louder than everything else   Wasted youth! Wasted youth! Wasted youth! Wasted youth!   They got a file on me and it's a mile long   And they say that they got all of the proof   That I'm just another case of arrested development   And just another wasted youth   They say that I'm in need of some radical discipline   They say I gotta face the truth   That I'm just another case of arrested development   And just another wasted youth   They say I'm wild and I'm reckless, I should be acting my age   I'm an impressionable child in a tumultuous world   And they say I'm at a difficult stage   But it seems to me to the contrary   Of all the crap they're going to put on the page   That a wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age   A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age   A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age   A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age   A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age   A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age   If you want my views of history then there's something you should know   The three men I admire most are Curly, Larry and Mo!   If you don't worry 'bout the future, sooner or later it's the past   And if they say the thrill is gone, then it's time to take it back   If the thrill is gone, then it's time to take it back   So sign up all you raw recruits, throw away all those two-bit suits   You got your weapons cocked, your targets in your sights   There's a party raging somewhere in the world   You gotta serve your country, gotta service your girl   You're all inducted in the armies of the night   And I ain't in it for the power, and I ain't in it for the health   I ain't in it for the glory of anything at all   And I sure ain't in it for the wealth   But I'm in it till it's over and I just can't stop   If you wanna get it done, you gotta fight for yourself   And I like my music like I like my life   Everything louder than everything else (repeats out)