Wild and free, seventeen You were only seventeen And your mind was beatin’ like a djembe drum We were young, we were young You were mine and we were young And our love was burnin’ Life was but a dream
I got lost a few times You knew everywhere I’d hide You would look and call, and eventually I’d come We were young, we were young We got lost when we were young But our hearts were always easy to unwind
Two years gone, you were gone You were off to share your song Out to heal the aching pieces of the Earth And it hurt when you left But I never told you how ‘Cause I wanted you to go and travel on
Travel on, travel on We were young and you were gone Out to heal the aching pieces of the Earth
Oh, love, will you stay awake tonight We can live tonight In between this Oh, phone, then, please be clear tonight Let me hear tonight Dear, I need this
Ten years flew, and you’d write And I’d call you every night And we’d close our eyes and meet there in our sleep And you’d keep me alive In your window so I’d know After all those years that, still, my home is you
Oh, love, will you stay awake tonight We can live tonight In between this Oh, phone, then, please be clear tonight Let me hear tonight Dear, I need the