Just when I was only seventeen

Just when I was only seventeen 
 I was a misfit on the scene 
 Nowhere that I wanted to be 
 When everyone else was having fun 
 I was at home or on the run 
 (The) emptiness would get into me 

 I wanted to be where the smiles were for real 
 And the crowd looks like in Purple Rain 
 Oooh - me and my furry friends 

 Now when I got older things have changed 
 Not for the good to my dismay 
 What did ever ruin it for me 
 See all of them fools in clubs and bars 
 Doped by the drone of dorks - they're stars 
 Far away from where I should be 

 Everyone's clean - smoke- and alcohol-free 
 Purple juice and strawberry shakes 
 You and me and the perfect band 
 Wishing that it was for real - the only place I wanna be 

 Take me to the Club Bombastic 
 Place of grace - it's so fantastic 
 miracle-chant - that's the price you have to pay 
 Take me to the Club Bombastic 
 It's the place of sheer pure magic 
 All that I want - somewhere to belong 

 Now when I'm no longer seventeen 
 I'm still a misfit on the scene 
 No way I could ever be free 
 Why there ain't a place where I could go 
 It's probably there when I'm too old 
 Murphy's always heading for me 
 (But still I want to see) 

 Nothing to fear - all my friends are for real 
 Music like in memory-lane 
 Oooh - my never-never land 
 Wishing that it was for real - the only place I wanna be 

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 I wanna be where my friends are for real 
 And the crowd looks like in Purple Rain 
 Oooh - me and the perfect band 
 Wishing that it was for real - the only place I wanna be 

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