Mistakes of My Youth

JEFFREY SCOTT LYSTER, MARK O. EVERETT

In the waning days ahead,
I gotta look back down the road.
I know that it's not too late.
All the stupid things I've said,
And people I've hurt in my time.
I hope it's not my fate

To keep defeating my own self,
And keep repeating yesterday.
I can't keep defeating myself,
I can't keep repeating,
The mistakes of my youth.

In the dark of night, I might
Be able to make myself think
That I'm still a younger man.
But when the light of day shines down,
There's no way to get around it,
I'm not the younger man.

I keep defeating my own self,
And keep repeating yesterday.
I can't keep defeating myself,
I can't keep repeating,
The mistakes of my youth.

The choice is mine for making
A better road ahead
The road that I've been taking,
Headed for a dead-end,
But it's not too late to turn around

In the final moments
I hope that I know that I tried
To do best I could

To stop defeating my own self
And stop repeating yesterday.
I can't keep defeating myself,
I can't keep repeating,
The mistakes of my youth

Trivia about the song Mistakes of My Youth by Eels

On which albums was the song “Mistakes of My Youth” released by Eels?
Eels released the song on the albums “The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett” in 2014 and “EELS So Good: Essential EELS, VOL. 2 (2007-2020)” in 2023.
Who composed the song “Mistakes of My Youth” by Eels?
The song “Mistakes of My Youth” by Eels was composed by JEFFREY SCOTT LYSTER, MARK O. EVERETT.

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