They tell you while you're young Girls go out and have your fun Then they hunt and slay the ones Who actually do it Criticize the way you fly When you're soaring through the sky Shoots you down, and then they sigh And say she looks like she's been through it Lord, what will become of me Once I've lost my novelty I've hadtoo much to drink tonight And I know it's sad but this is what I think about And Iwake upin the middle of the night It's like I can feel time moving How can a person know everything in eighteen But nothing in twenty-two And will you still want me When I'm nothing new How long will it be cute All this cryin' in my room Whеn you can't blame it on my youth And roll your eyes with affеction? And my cheeks are growing tired From turnin' red and faking smiles Are we only biding time 'til I lose your attention And someone else lights up the room People love an ingénue I've hadtoo much to drink tonight How did I go from growing up to breaking down And Iwake upin the middle of the night It's like I can feel time moving How can a person know everything at eighteen But nothing at twenty-two? And will you still want me When I'm nothing new? I know someday I'm gonna meet her It's a fever dream The kind of radiance you only have At seventeen She'll know the way and then She'll say she got the map from me I'll say I'm happy for her Then I'll cry myself to sleep Oh oh woah Oh oh oh woah I've hadtoo much to drink tonight But I wonder if they'll miss me Once they drive me out I wake upin the middle of the night And I can feel time moving How can a person know everything at eighteen But nothing at twenty-two? And will you still want me Will you still want me Will you still want me When I'm nothing new?