The Great Electric Teenage Dream

Automatic, incomplete
An unknown friend, a tossed-off Tweet
The past recalled, overload —
The present future’s promised roads
Ghosts of passion stalk your bed
The boasts of youth still crowd your head
You were a monster and a mess
It was the time you loved the best
Your great electric teenage dream
Once a record, now an unpaid stream
Buckled boots, flashy suits and untamed curls —
The stupid things that meant the world
Your great electric teenage dream —
The dumb excitement and the screams
Your great electric teenage dream
Was more important than it seemed