When I was young

The summers felt so long

Grass stains on my knees

We built kingdoms out of cardboard

Hand-me-down shoes

Racing daylight home

Fireflies in jars

Mom calling from the back door

When I was young

I thought the world

Ended at the corner store

Pocket change and crooked smiles

Didn’t know what hearts were for

Every hurt was healed by morning

Every scar became a song

I keep chasing that old feeling

From when I was young (so young)

Bike chain off track

Fingers black with grease

Trading jokes in class

Passing notes instead of sleep

First time I lied

Said I wasn’t scared

Of leaving this small town

But I never really left there

When I was young

I thought the world

Ended at the corner store

Pocket change and crooked smiles

Didn’t know what hearts were for

Every hurt was healed by morning

Every scar became a song

I keep chasing that old feeling

From when I was young (so young)

Now the days move like a headline

Blink and they are gone

Still I see that kid in windows

Waving from the past I’m on

When I was young

I thought the world

Ended at the corner store

Pocket change and crooked smiles

Didn’t know what hearts were for

Every hurt was healed by morning

Every scar became a song

I keep chasing that old feeling

From when I was young (when I was young)