The Great Leaving

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