I crashed my car in your driveway When I was 16 and got my license just to drive around some friends And I thought summer sad would never find me And I would be lost up there forever With some clouds around my head (Oooh) No one told me that it sucks (Oooh) Why is growing up La la lonely, yeah La la lonely, yeah I went to sleep in California And then I woke up somewhere in London With a stranger in my brain, it feels like Leicester square is always pouring When I was 21 I got too drunk And had to walk home in the rain (Oooh) Why is growing up La la lonely, yeah La la lonely, yeah One day you're 17 and you don't know anything Out of place and out of touch Why is growing up La la lonely (Why) (Why) (The weight of the world is on my shoulders, why) (How come it's so hard getting older, why) One day you're 25 And you're hardly getting by Out of place and out of touch Why is growing up La la lonely, yeah La la lonely, yeah One day you're 17 and you don't know anything Out of place and out of touch Why is growing up La la lonely La la lonely, yeah