Growin' up

(Verse 1)

Sunrise bleedin' through the council flats

Another Monday, same old baseball bats

Crackin' on the paving stones, another fight begun

Another day of thinkin' where the hell we're gonna run

(Chorus)

'Cause we were kids then, chasin' after trains

Dreams were cheap, washed away by summer rains

Now the pavement's crackin' wider, city's pullin' tight

Growin' up, growin' up, blinkin' in the light

(Verse 2)

Remember Sarah, with the ripped-up jeans?

Said she'd be a dancer, livin' out her wildest dreams

Now she's workin' down the market, sellin' fruit and veg

Said the city chewed her up and spat her on the edge

(Chorus)

'Cause we were kids then, chasin' after trains

Dreams were cheap, washed away by summer rains

Now the pavement's crackin' wider, city's pullin' tight

Growin' up, growin' up, blinkin' in the light

(Bridge)

They told us we were wasted, a generation lost

Just another echo, at whatever the future cost

But we still got the fire, burnin' underneath the skin

Gonna prove them wrong, gonna rise again

(Guitar Solo - Raw, melodic, with plenty of feedback and bends)

(Verse 3)

Saw Liam down the pub last night, lookin' older now

Talkin' 'bout the good old days, how we don't know how

To just let go and laugh like we used to back then

Before the weight of the world came crashin' down again

(Chorus)

'Cause we were kids then, chasin' after trains

Dreams were cheap, washed away by summer rains

Now the pavement's crackin' wider, city's pullin' tight

Growin' up, growin' up, blinkin' in the light

(Outro)

Yeah, growin' up, growin' up, blinkin' in the light

Gotta keep on movin', gotta keep on fightin' right?

(Repeats and fades out with guitar feedback and a final crash cymbal)