When You Were Young - The Killers


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[Verse 1]

             
You sit there 

        
in your hearta

che
              
Waiting on som

             
e beautiful bo

 
y to
              
To save your f

             
rom your old w


ays
You play forgiveness

Watch it now, 

here he comes

             
He doesn't loo

              
k a thing like

    
 Jesus
              
But he talks l

            
ike a gentleme

n
              
Like you imagi

             
ned when you w

   
ere young

[Verse 2]

      
Can we climb t

his mountain
        
I don't know
              
Higher now tha

      
n ever before
              
I know we can 

             
make it if we 

       
take it slow
Let's take it easy

Easy now, watc

h it go

             
We're burning 

              
down the highw

         
ay skyline
              
On the back of

              
 a hurricane t

             
hat started tu


rning
             
When you were 

 
young
             
When you were 


young

[Interlude]

             
And sometimes 

              
you close your

     
 eyes
              
And see the pl

            
ace where you 

        
Used to live
             
When you were 

    
young

[Bridge]
              
They say the d

            
evil's water -

            
 it ain't so s

weet
          
You don't have

 to drink righ

t now
              
But you can di

    
p your feet
              
Every once in 

          
a little while

[Verse 1]

             
You sit there 

         
in your hearta

che
              
Waiting on som

             
e beautiful bo

    
y to
              
To save your f

             
rom your old w


ays

You play forgiveness

Watch it now, 

here he comes

             
He doesn't loo

            
k a thing like


 Jesus
              
But he talks l

            
ike a gentleme

n
              
Like you imagi

              
ned when you w

         
ere young

[Outro]
              
When you were 

  
young

   

             
I said he does

              
n't look a thi

         
ng like Jesus
              
He doesn't loo

             
k a thing like

 
 Jesus
              
But more than 

              
you'll ever kn

   
ow