youth's troubles, insurmountable, so tall,

youth's troubles, insurmountable, so tall,
i struggled till I wished them all away,
oh would that mine could be today so small,

the young, so filled with pride, so quick to fall,
i wish those trials back to me today,
youth's troubles, insurmountable, so tall,

the fault of youth, to think to know it all,
yet never with an answer for to say,
oh would that mine could be today so small,

is this merely insanity's love call,
to wish the black of those familiar days,
youth's troubles, insurmountable, so tall?

my yesterdays were insurmountable,
yet nothing could prepare me for today,
oh would that mine could be today so small,

in retrospect I had a blast, a ball,
tomorrow will be blacker than today,
youth's troubles, insurmountable, so tall,
oh would that mine could be today so small

(C)2009, Christos Rigakos