When We Were Young

	  		

 



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There were lions in my backyard 
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gathered in a gilded cage 
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where the circus used to winter 
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in its final golden age 
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we would talk talk talk about joining up when the big top came undone 
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there were lions in my backyard 
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when we were young 
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(Ahhh) 
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There were castles in my bedroom 
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made from quilts and fitted sheets 
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Me and my brother we would guard them 
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with our plastic figurines 
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From the top bunk we could see out over the green carpet ocean 
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There were castles in my bedroom 
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when we were young 

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One thing can be said about the road that's traveled less 
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those who walk it live and love a little harder than the rest 
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and I'm digging through my past like it's a buried treasure chest 
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I'm looking for a little soul 
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I lost down the rabbit hole 
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oh we still go 
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like we was told 
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There were starships made of crystal 
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from my mother's chandelier 
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we would fly them through the hallways 
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til the hallways disappeared 
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making patterns out past Saturn in the swirling cosmic dust 
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there were starships made of crystal 
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when we were young 

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one thing can be said about the road that's traveled less 
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there's so many twists and turns you don't got time for the regrets 
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we come from punching our time clock until you're sorely out of breath 
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don't tell me when I'm done 
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when I'm finally grown up 
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cause we're still going 
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like we was told 
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the letter box, keystone cops, helicopter coronation 
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swirling sea, dragon's teeth, it's not just my imagination 
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there were lions in my backyard 
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when we were young 
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when we were young 

when we were young