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 [bad word] up, if the [bad word] up, if the [bad word] 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? 
 [bad word] apart 
The way it does in bad films 
Except the parts 
Where the moral kicks in 

Though [bad word] out of [bad word] 
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