[Verse 1]
P.A. 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

[Chorus]
But we're older now, farewell youth
I'm afraid I hardly got to know you
I was always hanging out with the older kids
Always in a rush, but I was never sure from what
I was always hanging out with the older kids

[Verse 2]
The grief starts when bumping in
To old friends turned acquaintances
We stumble around the small talk
We break the silence with a flask I brought
But once, we wеre inseparable
Wе were the only punks in town
Spent every weekend raisin' hell
In the basement of your parents house
[Chorus]
But we're older now, farewell youth
I'm afraid I hardly got to know you
I was always hanging out with the older kids
Always in a rush, but I was never sure from what
I was always hanging out with the older kids

[Verse 3]
In someones apartment
Getting fucked up
To all our favorite records
Drinking the cheap stuff
We couldn't get enough
Of growing up

[Bridge]
I saw my childhood flash before me
In the death 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 hanging out with the older kids
Always in a rush, but I was never sure from what
I was always hanging out with the older kids
[Outro]
Farewell youth, farewell youth...