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When You Were Young Lyrics

by The Killers

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When You Were Young” is a song by The Killers. This page features time-synced lyrics that highlight each line as the song plays — press play to sing along in real time. The lyrics contain 45 lines.

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You sit there in your heartache

Waiting on some beautiful boy to

To save you from your old ways

You play forgiveness

Watch it now

Here he comes

He doesn't look a thing like Jesus

But he talks like a gentlemen

Like you imagined

When you were young

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Can we climb this mountain?

I don't know

Higher now than ever before

I know we can make it if we take it slow

Let's take it easy

Easy now

Watch it go

We're burning down the highway skyline

On the back of a hurricane that started turning

When you were young

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When you were young

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And sometimes you close your eyes

And see the place where you used to live

When you were young

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They say the devil's water

It ain't so sweet

You don't have to drink right now

But you can dip your feet

Every once in a little while

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You sit there in your heartache

Waiting on some beautiful boy to

To save you from your old ways

You play forgiveness

Watch it now

Here he comes

He doesn't look a thing like Jesus

But he talks like a gentlemen

Like you imagined

When you were young

Talks like a gentleman

Like you imagined

When you were young

I said, he doesn't look a thing like Jesus

♪ ♪ ♪

He doesn't look a thing like Jesus

But more than you'll ever know

♪ ♪ ♪

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Full Lyrics
You sit there in your heartache Waiting on some beautiful boy to To save you from your old ways You play forgiveness Watch it now Here he comes He doesn't look a thing like Jesus But he talks like a gentlemen Like you imagined When you were young Can we climb this mountain? I don't know Higher now than ever before I know we can make it if we take it slow Let's take it easy Easy now Watch it go We're burning down the highway skyline On the back of a hurricane that started turning When you were young When you were young And sometimes you close your eyes And see the place where you used to live When you were young They say the devil's water It ain't so sweet You don't have to drink right now But you can dip your feet Every once in a little while You sit there in your heartache Waiting on some beautiful boy to To save you from your old ways You play forgiveness Watch it now Here he comes He doesn't look a thing like Jesus But he talks like a gentlemen Like you imagined When you were young Talks like a gentleman Like you imagined When you were young I said, he doesn't look a thing like Jesus He doesn't look a thing like Jesus But more than you'll ever know
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