When You Were Young - The Killers


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You sit there 

            
in your heart-

  
ache
             
Waiting on som

     
e beautiful bo

y to
             
To save you fr

           
om your old wa


ys
             
You play forgi

               
veness

Watch it now H

ere he comes
 
             
He doesnt look

              
 a thing like 

    
Je-sus
             
But he talks l

              
ike a gentlema

         
n
 
Like you imagi

ned
              
When you were 

   
young  
 
[Interlude]
  
 
             
Can we climb t

his mountain
      
I dont 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,  wat

ch it go
 
             
We're burning 

              
down the highw

      
ay sky- line
         
On the back of

 a hurricane
  
That started t

urning
              
When you were 

            
  young
              
When you were 

           
  young
 
             
And sometimes 

            
you close your

   
 eyes
              
And see the pl

             
ace where you 

         
used to live
              
When you were 

              
   young
  
[Interlude]
        
             
 
              
They say the d

  
evil's water I

t ain't so swe

et
              
You dont have 

              
to drink right

 
 now
                      B-?-
But you can dip your feet
              
Every once in 

          
a little while
 
[Interlude]
        
 
             
You sit there 

            
in your heart-

  
ache
             
Waiting on som

              
e beautiful bo


y to
             
To save you fr

           
om your old wa


ys
             
You play forgi

               
veness

Watch it now H

ere he comes
 
             
He doesnt look

              
 a thing like 

    
Je-sus
             
But he talks l

              
ike a gentlema

         
n
 
Like you imagi

ned
              
When you were 

   
young         
        
-talks like a 

gentleman-
 
-like you imag

ined-
             
When you were 

  
young
 
[Interlude]
  
 
              
I said he does

              
nt look a thin

         
g like Jesus  

       
    
              
He doesnt look

             
 a thing like 

                
Jesus
              
But more than 

             
you'll ever kn

               
ow

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