Jealous Of Youth Lyrics - The The

It's funny how as we grow old 

We cling to the past as we cling to the air 

And feel nostalgia for things 

That were maybe never there 

The town where innocence 

Was bullied and flared 

The house where desire's 

First fluids bled 

But now the autumn leaves are turning to the color of rust 

I'm getting jealous for youth's first yearnings for lust 

I wanna live, I wanna live 

But I ain't a big enough man to anything other than think 

There's a girl I used to know 

Who I think still lives 'round here 

Up there, on top of that council tower 

I was once her man at the midnight hour 

When I was as lusty as a dog 

Come moonshine or fog 

When our tongues would entwine 

Long and slow, when we thought 

We'd never let each other go, oh, no? 

But now the autumn leaves are turning to the color of rust 

I'm getting jealous for youth's first yearnings for lust 

I wanna live, I wanna live 

But I ain't a big enough man to anything other than think 

Yet it's funny how as we grow old 

We curse and point our finger at those, those, those, those 

Who made us scared and made us old 

Who touched our bodies and bruised our souls 

Who have made us scared and made us old 

It was those, God, it was those 

Who made us scared and made us old 

The autumn leaves are turning to the color of rust 

I'm getting jealous for youth's first yearnings for lust 

I wanna live, I wanna live, I wanna live, I wanna live 

But I ain't a big enough man to anything other than think 

I wanna live, I wanna live, I wanna live, I wanna live 

I wanna live, I wanna live, I wanna live, I wanna live 

But I ain't a big enough man to anything other than think