The whole world seems to turn upside down my friends are leaving to grow up I'll have to cahnge but I don't know how cause everyone's trying to get a good job Today I'm twenty- three already down on my knees cause I want to stay and they want to leave - leave me alone It's the great leaving - they're on their way to make their luck and their future save their dreams and hopes are gonna wreck it's the great leaving and they won't come back I don't know the rules of the game you call life and even if I try I don't understand what attracts you to a solid state I can't watch you becoming a husband Soon I'm twenty- four and my life is a bore they aren't the lads I knew before - who are you