Looking back on my wild years
And all I put my folks through
I coulda turned out so much worse
Oh, I sowed a wild oat or two
And I was the spittin' image of my old man
And I charmed the ladies like some fancy dan
And still I never started living 'til I started loving you

I walked into a whole lotta bars
Even crawled out of a few
Speeding tickets on an ol' shovelhead
Well, never ran worth a damn
I tried college and it bored me to tears
I guess my collar was little too blue
And still I never started living 'til I started loving you

Crazy days I have known
All that ends in the bat of an eye
When you give up living on your own
Crazy ways they're beating me black and blue
And I guess I never started living 'til I started loving you

Rearranging and changing my life
From alone to being with you
I'm walking out on a whole lotta nothing
Just to have something true
I'm shedding my skin and I'm kissing goodbye
A fool with nothing to do
And still I never started living 'til I started loving you

Crazy days I have known
All that ends in the bat of an eye
When you give up living on your own
Crazy ways they're beating me black and blue
And I guess I never started living 'til I started loving you