I was locked all day in the summer heat

In a small brown house in suburban streets

A skateboard and my shit guitar

I dream all day that they would get me far

My dad would ask me about my grades

The asshole sports that I never played

And then id ask about the girls he’d date

Behind our backs when mum was staying up late

It was then when I turned 16

Got kicked out of school

And so it seemed that things were closing in and ready to blow

My dad moved out about that year or so

It took an hour to start a punk rock band

To offset my fucked up family land

And as I held my mum would start to cry

I swore ourselves a better life

If I had a chance for another try

I wouldn’t change a thing

It’s made me all who I am inside

And if I could thank god that I am here and that I am alive

And everyday I wake I tell myself a little harmless lie

The whole wide world is mine

The summers gone, the years have passed

My friends have changed, a few did last

The smallest dreams got pushed aside

the largest ones that changed my life

And all I’ve wished for has come to pass

From rock and roll to love and cash

Its all success if its what you need

Do what you like and do it honestly

If I had a chance for another try

I wouldn’t change a thing

It’s made me all who I am inside

And if I could thank god that I am here and that I am alive

And everyday I wake I tell myself a little harmless lie

The whole wide world is mine

He oh yo yo yo ( a few times)

If I had a chance for another try

I wouldn’t change a thing

It’s made me all who I am inside

And if I could thank god that I am here and that I am alive

And everyday I wake I tell myself a little harmless lie

The whole wide world is mine