Keep your pictures in the scrap book Put your posters on the wall Save your pennies in your pocket ‘Cause they’re precious on us all Oh, oh, it’s just begun Keep your friends by your shoulder Save your lovers in your heart Put your enemies behind your back That’s where they always are Oh, oh, it’s just begun Now I’m 18 Seeing something I’ve never seen When I was 16, thought I knew it all Now I’m 18 Walking through the fire life draws me I’m 18 candles left to burn Draw an outline in the sketchbook Erase all your regrets You go behind the bike shed To smoke a cigarette Oh, oh, it’s just begun Emotions like a pick and mix Don’t know what you’re gonna get You’re crying to the mirror now It’s all just in your head Oh, oh, it’s just begun Now I’m 18 Seeing something I’ve never seen When I was 16, thought I knew it all Now I’m 18 Walking through the fire life draws me I’m 18 candles left to burn 13 candles, soon you’ll learn 14 candles, watch them burn 15 candles, soon you’ll learn 16 candles, watch them burn 17 candles, soon you'll learn 18 candles, it’s my turn Now I’m 18 Seeing something I’ve never seen When I was 16, thought I knew it all Now I’m 18 Walking through the fire life draws me I’m 18 candles left to burn Now I’m 18 Seeing something I’ve never seen When I was 16, thought I knew it all Now I’m 18 Walking through the fire life draws me I’m 18 candles left to burn