Back when I was younger

Just a blue-eyed restless kid

Hangin' round the radio

In fact that was all I did

Mama said you better son

Take good care of school

Wasn't one they counted on

I was crazy like a dog on the loose



At the age of fifteen

Just another sixties' breed

No one really understood

What music meant to me

Boy you get your education

Daddy said to me

Thought I'd end up as the black sheep

Of the family



Wild as the river

I freaked down the floor

Feeding the fever

As he kicked in the door and said



Too late too late too loud

I can't take it

Too late too late too loud

Just turn it down

And then I rocked him to the ground

Yes I did



Nineteen years and travelling

Got a suitcase in my hand

No money in the bank

You see but I don't complain

Me and the boys are playing hard

Running out the line

We're out there killing time

We're just shaking out some brains



Racing the crowd

Got that rock'n roll feeling

Everyone shouts

But nobody's screaming



Too late too late too loud

I can't take it

Too late too late too loud

Now just turn it down



I can't take it

I can't take it



Too late too late too loud...