I was locked all day in the summer heat
In a small brown house in suburban streets
The skateboard and my **** guitar
I dreamed all day that they would get me far

My dad would ask me about my grades
The ***hole sports that I never played
And then I’d ask about the girls he'd date
Behind our backs when mom would stay up late

Was near when I turned sixteen
Got kicked out of school and so it seemed
That things were closing in and ready to blow
My dad moved out about that year or so

It took an hour to start a punk rock band
To offset my ***ked up family land
And as I held my mom would start to cry
I swore ourselves a better life

If I had a chance for another try
I wouldn't change a thing
It’s made me all and who I am inside

And if I could thank God
That I am here and that I am alive
And everyday I wake
I tell myself another harmless lie
The whole wide world is mine

The summer's gone, the years have p***ed
My friends have changed, a few did last
The smallest dreams got pushed aside
The largest ones, they changed my life

And all I wished for has come to p***
From rock 'n' roll to love and cash
It’s all success if it’s what you need
Do what you like and do it honestly

If I had a chance for another try
I wouldn't change a thing
It’s made me all and who I am inside

And if I could thank God
That I am here and that I am alive
And everyday I wake
I tell myself another harmless lie
The whole wide world is mine

If I had a chance for another try
I wouldn't change a thing
It’s made me all and who I am inside

And if I could thank God
That I am here and that I am alive
And everyday I wake
I tell myself another harmless lie
The whole wide world is mine

If I had a chance for another try
I wouldn't change a thing
It’s made me all and who I am inside

And if I could thank God
That I am here and that I am alive
And everyday I wake
I tell myself another harmless lie
The whole wide world is mine