When you’re young you hope to be Menacing in vanity Six feet tall, maybe more Bigger now than before
They said it was leaving me The magic was leaving me I don’t think so I don’t think so
They said it was leaving They said it with joy Now I could make this last forever And be a boy, and be a boy
When you’re young you hope to see Them carve your name into the street And bounce your words of satellites That keep the wasted up tonight
They said it was leaving me The magic was leaving me I don’t think so I don’t think so
They said it was leaving They said it with joy Now I could make this last forever And be a boy, and be a boy
There’s safety in the jungle If you treat it like a toy Make sure you talk to strangers And be a boy, and be a boy
Be a boy
They said it was leaving me The magic was leaving me I don’t think so I don’t think so
All of the boys that could have been someone The time did come but now it’s gone The time did come but now it’s gone It takes a big man to be someone
All of the boys that could have been someone The time did come but now it’s gone The time did come but now it’s gone It takes a big man to be someone
I’m half your age and lived twice your life And I own the streets you walk tonight The time did come but it’s long gone It takes a big man to be someone
I’m half your age and lived twice your life And I don’t sleep alone tonight The time did come but it’s long gone It takes a big man to be someone