Is there an age or year of your life you would re-live?

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Give me back my teenage years

I missed them first time round

Totally lacking confidence

I missed out on that age.

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I didn’t go to parties

Too shy to talk to girls

Not much into music

My only interest sport.

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Even there a failure

Would never make the team

Excellent in the playground

But on the pitch too quiet.

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Tried hard with my schoolwork

But mostly keeping up

Gave up on difficult subjects

Never spoke up in class.

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I never wore my hair long

Or wore outrageous clothes.

As for controversial views

I kept them to myself.

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If this sounds pathetic

I must tell you that I was

And missing out those teenage years

Will have a consequence.

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Those years are for experiment

To make mistakes, grow up.

Miss out on that development

And it will catch you up.

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I tried to live life backwards

Get back those missing years

But later life’s an awful time

To find that you missed out.