I never did what I was told
You can convince yourself of anything
And I believed that life was wonderful

I gaze up at the tree tops and laugh
I want to know what happens next
I need somebody to shake me loose
But now I clearly see how cruel the young can be!
'Til I don't care at all, there I go, beginning to fall
Right up to the moment when love went wrong
If you wish both hard and long
Although they may be swept up so invitingly
I trampled though the amber and the burnished gold