That's how it starts
We go back to your house
You check the charts
Then start to figure it out

And if it's crowded then all the better
Because we know we're gonna be up late
But if you're worried about the weather
Then you picked the wrong place to stay

You spent the first five years trying to get with the plan
And the next five years trying to be with your friends again

You're talking 45 turns just as fast as you can
Yeah, I know it gets tired, only where are your friends tonight?
We are your friends tonight?

And so it starts
You switch the engine on
We set controls for the heart of the sun
One of the ways we show our age

And if the sun comes up, if the sun comes up, if the sun comes up
And I still don't wanna stagger home
And it's the memory of our betters
That's keeping us on our feet

You spent the first five years trying to get with the plan
And the next five years trying to be with your friends again

You're talking 45 turns just as fast as you can
Yeah, I know it gets tired, only where are your friends tonight?
We are your friends tonight?
We are your friends tonight?
We are your friends tonight?
We are your friends tonight?
We are your friends tonight?
We are your friends tonight?
We are your friends tonight?

It comes apart
The way it does in bad films
Except the parts
Where the moral kicks in

Though we're running out of drugs
And the conversation's grinding away
Oh, I wouldn't trade one stupid decision
For another five years of life

You spent the first five years trying to get with the plan
And the next five years trying to be with your friends again

You're talking 45 turns just as fast as you can
Yeah, I know it gets tired, only where are your friends tonight?
We are your friends tonight?
We are your friends tonight?
We are your friends tonight?

If I could be with my friends tonight
If I could be with my friends tonight
If I could be with my friends tonight
If I could be with my friends tonight
If I could be with my friends tonight
If I could be with my friends tonight
If I could be with my friends tonight
If I could be with my friends tonight