In My Youth - Matt McAndrew

I wish I was a hero

Cut from a different time

I wish I was a rebel

I wish I walked the line

I wish I had a true love

And I wish she was mine

A rose among the thorns and vines

I’m growin'

Tonight my heart is broken

It went sinking with the sun

They told me I was reckless

Once I held a loaded gun

But I was bulletproof

When I was in my youth

I wish I was a poet

Who paints the world in words

I wish I was a singer

Like nothing you have heard

I wish I sparrow

Or any kind of bird

At peace upon the wild wind

That’s blowin'

I’m looking for my freedom

Down a sweet untraveled road

Far off past the schoolhouse

Where you pushed your moral code

You bent the truth

When I was in my youth

I wish I was a partisan

With something to declare

I wish that I could even

Figure out what shirt to wear

I wish I was the Jack of Hearts

At home with solitaire

'Cause I feel alone

When the moon is glowin'

But if you keep your head up

You can wish upon a star

And even if you’re fed up

Just remember who you are

You’re bulletproof

And you’re still in your youth