I can remember that when I was a little you
I wanted to fly around the world making a new life
I never thought today I would be what I am now

(yo) wanted to be a fireman then I lost the desire man
The second I got old enough to buy myself a cider can
(yeah) I was a smart little kid, that sized a part of me since
These days you can catch me sitting with a bench in the park with a lager and crisps

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Back when I was younger, I wanted to be everything on the planet (on the, on the, on the planet)
Now that I am older, it seems the ambition has vanished
(uh) yeah, when I was a youngester, when I was a
When I was a youngster, youngster
When I was a youngster
Yeah, and now that I'm older, I wish I could of been everything that I wanted (I'm on it)

I think that if I think back (back)
To the days when I thought I didn't think that nothing that I thought would not be possible
Tryna' figure that out (out)
But I didn't know how
To settle for a desk drop bringing those pounds
I wanted to live in those clouds
These days I deliver no sounds

I always thought of myself as a simple dreamer

I never tried too hard but believed it
Now all of a sudden it's gone my way

Back when I was younger, I wanted to be everything on the planet (on the, on the, on the planet)
Now that I am older, it seems the ambition has vanished
(uh) yeah, when I was a youngester, when I was a
When I was a youngster, youngster
When I was a youngster
Yeah, and now that I'm older, I wish I could of been everything that I wanted (I'm on it)

(when I was a youngester, when I was a
When I was a youngster, youngster
When I was a... yeah)

Back when I was younger, I wanted to be everything on the planet
Now that I am older, it seems the ambition has vanished
Yeah, when I was a youngester, when I was a
When I was a youngster, youngster
When I was a youngster
Yeah, and now that I'm older, I wish I could of been everything that I wanted (I'm on it)

Back when I was younger, I wanted to be everything on the planet (on the, on the, on the planet)
Now that I am older, it seems the ambition has vanished
Yeah, when I was a youngester, when I was a
When I was a youngster, youngster
When I was a youngster
Yeah, and now that I'm older, I wish I could of been everything that I wanted (I'm on it, yeah)