I can't stand this for another day
What kind of fool do you think I am?
You sit and stare like you see through me
But you know nothing of the way I live
When you were young were you just like me?
A grim future but you didn't care
Now I can tell by the threads on you
You took a turn to stability
But that's okay, 'cause that is you and this is me

It's a dirty world (for me)
It's a doubtful world (for me)
You can't control my feet as I dance to the beat
(For me) It's a dirty world
(For me) It's a doubtful world
(For me) It's a time to speak
It's a youth explosion

Do anything that you wanna do
Go anywhere that you wanna go
Don't need permission like the rest of them
If this is loud then you're too old
When you were young were you just like me?
A grim future but you didn't care
Now I can tell by the threads on you
You took a turn to stability
But that's okay, 'cause that is you and this is me

It's a dirty world (for me)
It's a doubtful world (for me)
You can't control our feet as we dance to the beat
(For me) It's a dirty world
(For me) It's a doubtful world
(For me) It's a time to speak
It's a youth explosion

Now the radio just ain't the same
And the tube is nothing for me
So I spend a lot of time in my head
Where at least I know im free

Youth!

(For me)
It's a dirty world (for me)
It's a doubtful world (for me)
You can't control our feet, now we're dancin' to the beat
(For me) It's a dirty world
(For me) It's a doubtful world
(For me) It's a time to speak
It's a youth explosion