I don't believe the absolutes anymore I'm quite prepared to admit I was wrong This life, it sucks your principles away You have to fight against it every single day These are the postcards from a young man They may never be written or posted again These are the postcards from a young man They may never be written or posted again ♪ It is like so many other things As distant as your former sins So sad and lonely and so derelict As the optimism that we once shared These are the postcards from a young man They may never be written or posted again These are the postcards from a young man They may never be written or posted again ♪ I'll send you postcards every single day Just to prove I still exist This world will not impose its will I will not give up and I will not give in And I will not give up and I will not give in ♪ These are the postcards from a young man They may never be written or posted again These are the postcards from a young man They may never be written or posted again ♪ I won't betray your confidence I won't pretend my way was lost This world will not impose its will I will not give up and I will not give in This world will not impose its will I will not give up and I will not give in