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