I came across a cache of old photos
  And invitations to teenage parties
  "Dress in white" one said, with quotations
  From someone's wife, a famous writer
  In the nineteen-twenties
  When you're young you find inspiration
  In anyone who's ever gone
  And opened up a closing door
  She said: "We were never feeling bored
    'Cause we were never being boring
  We had too much time to find for ourselves
  And we were never being boring
  We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
  And we were never holding back or worried that
  Time would come to an end
    When I went I left from the station
  With a haversack and some trepidation
  Someone said: "If you're not careful
  You'll have nothing left and nothing to care for
  In the nineteen-seventies"
  But I sat back and looking forward
  My shoes were high and I had scored
  I'd bolted through a closing door
  I would never find myself feeling bored
    'Cause we were never being boring
  We had too much time to find for ourselves
  And we were never being boring
  We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
  And we were never holding back or worried that
  Time would come to an end
  We were always hoping that, looking back
  You could always rely on a friend
    Now I sit with different faces
  In rented rooms and foreign places
  All the people I was kissing
  Some are here and some are missing
  In the nineteen-nineties
  I never dreamt that I would get to be
  The creature that I always meant to be
  But I thought in spite of dreams
  You'd be sitting somewhere here with me
    'Cause we were never being boring
  We had too much time to find for ourselves
  And we were never being boring
  We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
  And we were never holding back or worried that
  Time would come to an end
  We were always hoping that, looking back
  You could always rely on a friend
    And we were never being boring
  We had too much time to find for ourselves
  And we were never being boring
  We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
  And we were never being boring
  We were never being bored
  'Cause we were never being boring
  We were never being bored