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Every night I dream the same dream Of getting older and older all the time I ask you now what does this mean Are all these problems just in my mind? Things are easy when you're a child But now these pressures have dropped on my head The lengths I've gone are just long miles Would they be shorter if I were dead? Every time I look in my past I always wish I was there I wish my youth would forever last Why are all these times so unfair? Look at my friends and see what they've done Ask my self why they've had to change I liked them better when they were young Now all these times are rearranged I look down, and stand there, and cry But nothing ever will be the same The sun is rising; now I ask why The clouds have fallen; here comes the rain Every time I look in my past I always wish I was there I wish my youth would forever last Why are all these times so unfair? Every night I dream the same dream Of getting older and older all the time I ask you now what does this mean Are all these problems just in my mind? Things are easy when you're a child But now these pressures have dropped on my head The lengths I've gone are just long miles Would they be shorter if I were dead? Every time I look in my past I always wish I was there I wish my youth would forever last Why are all these times so unfair? --- 16 - Green Day