[Lyric] 23 (Les Shirley)

[Verse 1]
Half awake I’m that kid I was
Who wanted to be free
Half asleep I might get away
Life was so bittersweet
Anyway it’s that drink
I didn’t know it could be so soft and slow
Slowly dying

[Chorus]
Flashes, flashes, flashes
Brother save your tears this won’t end here
Flashes, flashes, flashes
Does anybody care for when I was a...

[Verse 2]
Anyway you like it or not
I wanted to be free
Brother I lived so fast
I didn’t know that I was given so short
To prove myself and now
[Chorus]
Flashes, flashes, flashes
Brother save your tears this won’t end here
Flashes, flashes, flashes
Does anybody care for when I was a star?
A star

[Verse 3]
Went back to her arms
A place so dark I knew she’d skin me alive
No one’s by my side in the bad, bad city
Full of dreamers
Playing parts of their lives all the time
In the end I lost mine

[Outro]
A star