Smile - Only Young lyrics

This is the downstairs room where it all began With a green microphone and no future plan I'd stay inside and play 'til my hands went numb Strumming my J-45 until the rising sun There was word on the streets that I would make it far My last intention was to be a star I always found them stupid in the magazines Sharing their broken lives like they were broken jeans I was only young with an unknown road ahead of me That I had to take I had to face my destiny 'Cos when you're young You'll do whatever it takes to get signed up And get on the road to your destiny Before long I was packing my stuff and hitting the road My old yellow Renault could barely handle the load My cosy quiet town life, my future ex wife Were soon to be replaced by fun fast exciting times I developed a taste for heavy chemicals and dope That was the first real footfall on a very slippery slope The house of cards I built slowly tumbled down As I gradually became less easier to be around I was only young, with an unknown road ahead of me That I had to take I had to face my destiny 'Cos when you're young You'll do whatever it takes to get signed up And get on the road to your destiny