I wanted to be a fighter pilot. My eyes went bad. Then I wanted to play music. Everybody told me it was a bad idea, and I listened to them. Then I wanted to settle down and spend my life with one girl. She decided on someone else. Then I tried with another girl. Eleven years and two kids later I realized I had made a mistake. Since then I've given up on dreams, hopes and pretty much everything else.
"When I was a boy, I had the mind of a boy. Now that I'm a man, ain't got no mind at all. When I was a teen, I had the dreams of a teen. Now that I'm a man, ain't got no dreams at all."
-'When I Was A Boy', The Who