It was only yesterday, we were young & running free We had the world we were only 17 It was a better time, a time we thought would never end We were the youth, we were all the best of friends Remember friday nights on the backstreets Remember ladies of the night We were the young & innocent, remember the nights Where did the times go wrong, we'll never know We were the young & innocent Come alive Where did johnny go?...I hear he runs the local store The homecoming king & queen now hold their own court Film at 11 shows a casualty The face is 1 I used 2 know The years have come & gone, but I still can see The memories have just begun We were the young & innocent, 4ever the nights Keep all our memories alive, we gotta keep 'em alive