[Verse 1]
PA turnpike, northbound on a dark night
Driving into Scranton for a difficult occasion
When you first got your license, we were nowhere to be found
I was just a little kid back then, but you let me hang around
But we're older now

[Chorus]
Farewell youth, I'm afraid I hardly got to know you
I was always hangin' out with the older kids
Always in a rush, but I was never sure from what
I was always hangin' out with the older kids

[Interlude]

[Verse 2]
The grief starts when bumpin' into friends turned acquaintances
We stumble around the small talk, we break the silence with Jameson
But once, we were inseparable, we were the only punks in town
We spent every weekend raisin' hell in the basement of your parents house
But we're older now

[Chorus]
Farewell youth, I'm afraid I hardly got to know you
I was always hangin' out with the older kids
Always in a rush, but I was never sure from what
I was always hangin' out with the older kids
[Bridge]
In someone's apartment, gettin' fucked up
To all our favorite records, drinkin' the cheap stuff
We couldn't get enough of growing up
I saw my childhood flash before me in the depth of your closed eyes
At your Irish wake, we celebrate by trying not to cry

[Chorus]
Farewell youth, I'm afraid I hardly got to know you
I was always hangin' out with the older kids
Always in a rush, but I was never sure from what
I was always hangin' out with the older kids

[Outro]
Farewell youth
Farewell youth
Farewell youth
I'm afraid I hardly got to know you
Farewell youth
Farewell youth
Farewell youth
I'm afraid I hardly got to know you
'Cause I was always hangin' out with the older kids