When I was seventeen 
 My blood was gasoline 
 No matter where I turned 
 I got my fingers burned 
 I wouldn't go back there if I could. 
    Then I turned twenty-one 
 No fear of anyone 
 I always let 'em know 
 If they were friend or foe 
 I wouldn't go back there if I could.   
 I remember very well. 
 Way back then I went through hell.   
 Always thought 
 I was smart, 
 Never played it from the heart.   
 I never listened to 
 My better's point of view 
 And though I wish I had 
 It ain't turned out so bad. 
 I wouldn't go back there if I could.   
 Don't ever go back there again.