American Aquarium - Losing Side Of Twenty-Five lyrics

All my friends are growing up Changing pretty girls last names I'm still finding my way Rolling down the highway Playing a much younger mans game Every night we're drinking In dive bars and dance halls They're all at that age Where they're all having babies And picking out the nursery coloured walls They all ask me how I'm doing I just smile and realize That although it was kind to me My youth is all behind me Now I'm on the losing side The losing side of twenty five Mom and dad did the best they could To raise me the right way And I'll lean more their own And I started writing songs Thinking I had something to say So every week at the food line All the other parents boast About there kids graduating Getting higher educations In the big city jobs that they chose My parents asked me how I'm doing I hang my head and close my eyes They say don't throw your life away Go and get a job that pays We love you and we know that you tried The losing side of twenty five Yeah I might never have a mansion Hell I might never own me a home But I got a couple of songs And some boys that I call friends And a pretty girl that I can call my own Yeah I might never be a millionaire That's alright by me Cus' I've done the things I wanted to And said the things I needed to And seen the things I wanted to see When they all ask me how I'm doing I just smile and realize There are different roads to happiness I took a different path I guess Came out on the other side just fine The losing side of twenty five Yeah there are different roads to happiness I took a different path I guess Came out on the others side just fine The losing side of twenty five