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No Longer 16 (Hopes & Dreams & Goldfish pt1)

from HOPES AND DREAMS AND GOLDFISH by Johny Skullknuckles

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Written amazingly around 30 years ago for my then band, the mighty WHITE TRASH with my partner in crime Sean Canning.
an early realisation of the fleeting nature of youth.

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No Longer 16

Cold street corners spitting in the air and running so fast with the fire in our hearts.
Trying so hard to be a little older we thought we were the best (yeah) one and all.
Woah – We were wild and free
Woah – We could be what we wanted to . . .

Be like the heros in the movies talking so hard and acting real mean, collars pulled up and penknives in our pockets kidding ourselvse we were Jimmy Dean
Drinking beer though it makes you feel sick you don’t notice the days passing so quick. In a hot summer haze or black winter nights not a care in the world we don’t feel the cold bite, and we’ll never grow up we’re gonna be alright.

Wild and free we were too young to touch
Wild and free but we flow just a little too much
But we are older now you don’t grow up looking like your dreams and it sure is colder now coz boy we are no longer 16

Loves adventures in the park at midnight, a schoolgirls squeal and a young boys charm. Kid Casanova wants to be a real man trade innocense for glory it won’t do you no harm

Smoke cheap cigarettes that make you feel sick, you don’t notice the days passing so quick. And the warm summer girls and wintertime fights not a care in the world we don’t feel the cold bite and we’ll never grow up we’ll always be alright.

Wild and free we were too young to touch
Wild and free but we flow just a little too much
But we are older now your goldfish sleep with your hopes and dreams and it sure is colder now coz boy we are no longer 16

But young summer thrills die in the winters night not a care in the world now we feel the cold bite. Do we have to grow up ? Will we be alright ?

Wild and free we were too young to touch
Wild and free but we flow just a little too much
But we are older now you kiss goodbye to your hopes and dreams and it sure is colder now coz boy we are no longer 16

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from HOPES AND DREAMS AND GOLDFISH, released September 29, 2016
Written by Sean Canning and Johny Skullknuckles. Engineered, recorded, produced and mastered by Johny SK at Trolley Dolly studios Manchester

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