When I Was Young And Alive Just Looking For Ways To Survive I Never Did Quite Realise How Time Eats Away At Your Life Now I Am Older For Sure And Close To The End Of It All So I Reflect With Hindsight Sitting Alone Every Night And I Was Desperate To Find The Things I Have Here By My Side Now That I’ve Let It All Go I Cry For The Children So And I’ve Spent All My Life Searching For Nothing And I’ve Wasted My Time To End Up With Nothing And I Tried So Hard To Understand The Yearnings Of A Younger Man I Know That I Would Change My Plans If I Could Take My Time Again (Taken Out Two Verses) When I Was Young And Alive Just Looking For Ways To Survive I Never Did Quite Realise How Time Eats Away At Your Life I Have Spent All My Life Searching For Nothing And I Wasted My Time And It’s All Come To Nothing When I Was Young And Alive I Needed Nothing Now I Am Ready To Die I’ve Still Got Nothing