Sam Johnson - The Kids Are Alright (Acoustic) / Meet me in the woods

The Kids Are Alright (Acoustic Video) / Meet me in the woods ► Stream & download single here: https://umg.lnk.to/TheKidsAreAlright #SamJohnson #TheKidsAreAlright #Acoustic Follow Sam Johnson: ► Instagram: http://instagram.com/hellosamjohnson ► Facebook: http://facebook.com/hellosamjohnson ► Twitter: http://twitter.com/hellosamjohnson ► LYRICS Old boys new tricks and suburban Friday fun, I was a real flash punk with a packet of smokes, And the radio on. We lost the keys to the city in the back of a bobby van, We wasted love in the dark, Breaking hearts off the back of a one night stand. But the kids are alright, Lawless till the end, See the red in their eyes. Young girls struck down with a case of the breakup blues. Sports star studs telling tales of the trophies in their bedrooms. You could have it all if you came from a family fortune, Rendered royal by your blood and the turf that your grandfather bought you. But the kids are alright, Lawless till the end, See the red in their eyes. The kids are alright, Watch them come again, See the fight in their eyes. Morning comes with chainsaw tones, Blurry eyed and overgrown. Coffee highs and birthday lows, Breath it in and let it go. Morning comes with chainsaw tones, Blurry eyed and overgrown. Coffee highs and birthday lows, Breath it in and let it go. The kids are alright, Lawless till the end, See the red in their eyes. The kids are alright, Watch them come again, See the fight in their eyes. ► MEANING I wrote this song whilst looking over my friend Nick Atkinson’s DVD collection for some inspiration during a couple of days in his studio ‘The Barn’ just north of London. I’d gone up there to escape the hustle and bustle of the city and spend a few creative days writing in the countryside. I spotted one of my favourite films ‘Old Boy’ on his shelf, and there in that moment conceived the first line of the song, ‘Old boys, new tricks, and suburban Friday fun’. From there I started looking back on my teenage years growing up in a small market town on the border of England and Wales and all the mischief my friends and I would get up to. When I then discovered Nick’s copy of the 2010 movie ‘The Kids Are Alright’ it all made sense. It wrapped up the sentiment of the song perfectly for the defining line of the chorus. My friends and I were at times flawed and brilliant, at times stupid and inspired, but all the while we had our hearts in the right places. We were alright. I wanted to write the soundtrack to my youth, and this is it. Music video by Sam Johnson performing The Kids Are Alright (Acoustic). © 2020 Sam Johnson, under exclusive license to Universal Music GmbH http://vevo.ly/pBvhQ5

Added 5 Jul 2026