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• Title: Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste
• Written by: Jonathan Richman
• Original by: Richman, Jonathan (and the Modern Lovers)

Lyrics

I need a walk by the flowers with someone who can share my face
Looks like nobody could take your place
And I could bleed in sympathy with you
On those days
And I could drink up everything you have
Don't let it go to waste
I could show you memories
To rival Berlin in the Thirties
I understand your dating bar ways
And I could bleed in sympathy with you
On those days
And I could drink up everything you have
Don't let it go to waste
Say something warm, say something nice
I can't to see you when you're cold
Nor can I stand being out of your life
And I could bleed in sympathy with you
On those days
And I could drink up everything you have
Don't let our youth go to waste

Available on:

• Dean Wareham - Live at St Pancras Old Church London (Sonic Cathedral, 2014)
• Dean Wareham - Live at St Pancras Old Church London (Sonic Cathedral, 2023)
• Galaxie 500 - Today (Aurora Records, 1988)
• Galaxie 500 - Today (Schemer, 1989)
• Galaxie 500 - Today (Shimmy Disc Europe, 1989)
• Galaxie 500 - Today (Rough Trade America, 1991)
• Galaxie 500 - Today (Videoarts Music, 1997)
• Galaxie 500 - Today (Rykodisc, 1997)
• Galaxie 500 - Today (Videoarts Music, 2008)
• Galaxie 500 - Today (Domino, 2009)
• Galaxie 500 - Today (20|20|20, 2009)
• Galaxie 500 - Today / Uncollected (Domino, 2010)
• Galaxie 500 - Today / Uncollected (20|20|20, 2010)
• Galaxie 500 - On Fire / Peel Sessions (Domino, 2010)
• Galaxie 500 - On Fire / Peel Sessions (20|20|20, 2010)
• Galaxie 500 - This Is Our Music / Copenhagen (Domino, 2010)
• Galaxie 500 - This Is Our Music / Copenhagen (20|20|20, 2010)
• Galaxie 500 - Rain / Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste (Caff Corporation, 1990)
• Galaxie 500 - Copenhagen (Rykodisc, 1997)
• Galaxie 500 - Copenhagen (Videoarts Music, 2008)
• Galaxie 500 - Copenhagen (20|20|20, 2020)
• Galaxie 500 - Peel Sessions (20|20|20, 2005)
• Galaxie 500 - Galaxie 500 (Rykodisc, 1996)
• Galaxie 500 - Uncollected (Rykodisc, 1997)
• Galaxie 500 - The Portable Galaxie 500 (Rykodisc, 1998)
• Galaxie 500 - Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste (Plexifilm, 2004)

Played live

by Galaxie 500

This is collected from set list data which is incomplete

13th December 1988	CBGBs, New York NY, USA Galaxie 500 setlist download
16th December 1988	Rat, Boston MA, USA Galaxie 500 setlist download
29th April 1989	Rat, Boston MA, USA Galaxie 500 setlist
19th July 1989	Pyramid, New York NY, USA Galaxie 500 setlist
24th September 1989	BBC Radio One, London, UK Galaxie 500 setlist
26th September 1989	ICA, London, UK Galaxie 500 setlist poster
6th November 1989	Basement, Brighton, UK Galaxie 500 setlist poster
8th November 1989	Powerhaus, London, UK Galaxie 500 setlist
15th November 1989	Burgerweehuis, Deventer, Netherlands Galaxie 500 setlist download
26th November 1989	Trust, Nurenburg, Germany Galaxie 500 setlist
29th November 1989	Schwimmbad, Heidelberg, Germany Galaxie 500 setlist
2nd December 1989	Forum, Enger, Germany Galaxie 500 setlist
8th December 1989	Tech, Glasgow, UK Galaxie 500 setlist download
12th December 1989	Winkles, Bedford, UK Galaxie 500 setlist
13th December 1989	Subterania, London, UK Galaxie 500 setlist download
17th January 1990	Night Stage, Cambridge MA, USA Galaxie 500 setlist
19th January 1990	Knitting Factory, New York NY, USA Galaxie 500 setlist
23rd January 1990	The 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, USA Galaxie 500 setlist
26th January 1990	The Point, Atlanta, GA, USA Galaxie 500 setlist stream video
11th February 1990	Falcon, London, UK Galaxie 500 setlist
19th February 1990	TT the Bears, Cambridge MA, USA Galaxie 500 setlist
24th February 1990	Maxwells, Hoboken NJ, USA Galaxie 500 setlist download
16th March 1990	Paradise, Boston MA, USA Galaxie 500 setlist
23rd March 1990	Rocket, Providence RI, USA Galaxie 500 setlist
24th March 1990	Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ, USA Galaxie 500 setlist
26th June 1990	International 1, Manchester, UK Galaxie 500 setlist download
27th June 1990	Subterania, London, UK Galaxie 500 setlist stream video
29th June 1990	Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark Galaxie 500 setlist download
15th October 1990	Kennel Club, San Francisco CA, USA Galaxie 500 setlist
19th October 1990	CBGBs, New York NY, USA Galaxie 500 setlist
3rd November 1990	College of Building and Printing, Glasgow, UK Galaxie 500 setlist
15th November 1990	ULU, London, UK Galaxie 500 setlist
21st November 1990	Trefcentrum VK, Brussels, Belgium Galaxie 500 setlist
24th November 1990	Philipshalle, Dusseldorf, Germany Galaxie 500 setlist
1st December 1990	Barbue, Copenhagen, Denmark Galaxie 500 setlist

by Dean & Britta

This is collected from set list data which is incomplete

21st March 2008	Lizard Lounge, Cambridge MA, USA Dean Wareham Black Postcards book tour setlist
21st August 2008	The Zipper Factory, 336 W. 37th St, New York NY, USA Dean & Britta setlist
2nd July 2011	The Wall Livehouse, Taipei, Taiwan Dean & Britta Dean Wareham plays Galaxie 500 setlist
12th October 2011	Anadale Hotel, Sydney, Australia Dean & Britta Dean Wareham plays Galaxie 500 setlist
11th May 2012	Hemlock Tavern, San Francisco, CA, USA Dean & Britta Dean Wareham plays Galaxie 500 setlist
11th May 2012	Hemlock Tavern, San Francisco, CA, USA Dean & Britta Dean Wareham plays Galaxie 500 setlist
27th July 2012	Antones, Austin, TX, USA Dean & Britta Dean Wareham plays Galaxie 500 setlist
12th November 2013	Chapel, San Francisco, CA, USA Dean Wareham setlist
5th December 2013	St. Pancras Old Church, London, UK Dean Wareham setlist
6th December 2013	St. Pancras Old Church, London, UK Dean Wareham setlist
5th April 2014	Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY, USA Dean Wareham setlist
15th July 2017	The Chapel, San Francisco, CA, USA Dean Wareham Dean Wareham plays Galaxie 500 setlist
25th July 2020	Dean & Britta's living room, Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA, USA Dean & Britta live stream setlist poster
12th March 2023	Nachtasyl, Hamburg, Germany Dean Wareham Dean Wareham plays Galaxie 500 setlist
14th March 2023	Merleyn, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Dean Wareham Dean Wareham plays Galaxie 500 setlist