The Summer of 75 or 76
Remember the romance
The mercury was rising
a time to slow dance
I'm not in Love
went the number one hit
the freedom to choose
lest we don't forget it.

Don't grow up too slow
don't grow up too fast
Take care to remember
the future that’s past
until the end of your days

Growing up in freedom
but nearly in the dock
Legally wearing only a sock
running faster in the dark
midnight circuits Christie park
An unconscious remembrance
and a young beating heart

Freedom lessons always
and from a good place
Don't remember to race
solo at the incorrect pace
until the end of your days

18,19 I was Fit as a fiddle
Killing grass with prejudice
for the County Council
Grandfather at the same age
smokin loops in a Sopwith Camel
1917, pilot in a Royal Flying Cage

Chorus:
Don't grow up too slow
don't grow up too fast
Take care to remember
the future thats past
before the end of your days
freedom lessons always
and from a good place
don't remember to race
solo at the incorrect pace
until the end of your days