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mistakes of my youth

in the waning days ahead
i gotta look back down the road
i know that it's not too late
all the stupid things i said
the people i hurt and let down
well i hope that it's not my fate
to keep defeating my own self
and keep repeating yesterday
i can't keep defeating myself
i can't keep repeating the mistakes of my youth

in the dark of night i might
be able to make myself think
that i'm still a younger man
but when the light of day shines down
there's no way to get around it
i am not a younger man
i keep defeating my own self
and keep repeating yesterday
i can't keep defeating myself
i can't keep repeating the mistakes of my youth

the choice is mine for making
a better road ahead
the road that i've been taking
heading for a dead end
but it's not too late to turn around

in the final moments
i hope that i know that i tried
to do the best i could
to stop defeating my own self
and stop repeating yesterday
i can't keep defeating myself
i can't keep repeating the mistakes of my youth