Twenty-One (2003)

[Verse: 1] When I was only seventeen, couldn't wait for twenty one I'd hang around on Clayton Street in the bars there getting drunk A baseball cap, and a fake ID, would get me in the clubs Then I would dance with the college girls, and lie about who I was I'd say "I'm pre-Med. here at UGA, live on Milledge Avenue I was raised over in Buckhead, I drive a BMW." I was breaking hearts, and taking names, and numbers just for fun Stealing kisses, wishing I was twenty one [Verse: 2] Thursdays came and pocket change would quickly disappear Upstairs at Lowry's Tavern, we'd pay a nickel for the beer Shooting pool, smoking cigarettes, with a dizzy head, and a grin Four A.M. on a school night, still hanging out with my friends One hour's sleep on a dirty couch, no shower, off to school Smelling just like a brewery, with a bad hangover too [Verse: 3] The teachers all would hassle me: "Stay awake, pay attention" I was catching hell, wishing I was twenty one The youngest one of all my friends, I didn't act my age Too cool for the football games and the homecoming parades Now I look back and I have to smile, cause boy it was fun Being seventeen, wishing I was twenty one [Verse: 4] Now I'm only twenty six, feeling more like forty three My hairline's disappearing, and I never get ID'd My clothes are out of fashion, no I'm not cool anymore In the bed by ten o'clock each night, and up at half-past four Still I go down to that college town when the Bulldogs play at home I drink keg beer from a trash can til the whole damn thing is gone Then I look at all those college girls so innocent and young And I just check them out, and say "Damn, I wish I was twenty one"