Well the first twenty-one It's a criminal ride But whatever you've done You can get out alive
The first twenty-one Is it heaven or hell? But who really cares We were under a spell The first twenty-one And those hot summer nights We were high as the stars Under big city lights
(When we were young) But when we were young We learned how to tell our own lies Telling ourselves it was paradise And sometimes we even believed it When we were young Was like nothing that we'd ever seen Pushing ourselves to have bigger dreams And sometimes we'd even believed it
When we were young
The first twenty-one Was a coming of age We would take on the world Like we're turning a page The first twenty-one It's not what you think Sometimes you fly And sometimes you sink
(When we were young) But when we were young We learned how to tell our own lies Telling ourselves it was paradise And sometimes we even believed it When we were young Was like nothing that we'd ever seen Pushing ourselves to have bigger dreams And sometimes we'd even believed it
When we were young
But when we were young We learned how to tell our own lies Telling ourselves it was paradise And sometimes we even believed it When we were young Was like nothing that we'd ever seen Pushing ourselves to have bigger dreams And sometimes we'd even believed it
When we were young When we were young When we were young When we were young When we were young We were just twenty-one