I came across a cache of old photos
And invitations to teenage parties
Dress in white, one said with quotations
From someone's wife, a famous writer
In the 1920s

When you're young, you find inspiration
In anyone who's ever gone
And opened up a closing door
She said: We were never feeling bored

'Cause we were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: Make amends
And we were never holding back or worried that
Time would come to an end

When I went, I left from the station
With a haversack and some trepidation
Someone said: If you're not careful
You'll have nothing left and nothing to care for
In the 1970s

But I sat back and looking forward
My shoes were high and I had scored
I'd bolted through a closing door
And I would never find myself feeling bored

'Cause we were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: Make amends
And we were never holding back, worried that
Time would come to an end
We were always hoping that, looking back
You could always rely on a friend

I come from Newcastle in the North of England
We used to have lots of parties where everyone got dressed up
And on one party invitation was the quote
She was never bored, mainly because she was never boring
The song is about growing up
The ideals that you have when you're young and how they turn out

Now I sit with different faces
In rented rooms and foreign places
All the people I was kissing
Some are here and some were missing
By the 1990s

I never dreamt that I would get to be
The creature that I always meant to be
But I thought in spite of dreams
You'd be sitting somewhere here with me

'Cause we were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: Make amends
And we were never holding back or worried that
Time would come to an end
We were always hoping that, looking back
You could always rely on a friend

'Cause we were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: Make amends
And we were never holding back, worried that
Time would come to an end