The grass really was greener.
The sky looked so much bluer.
The summer wind it held a promise,
Of dreams yet to come.
Faith could move any mountain.
And time, time was not worth counting.
Those days they seemed like, they would never end.
When we were young, when we were young.
Run river run.
Your waterfalls they are yet to come,
Enjoy your freedom while you still can.
The magic of the moment, well it’s gone before you know it.
And it will never, never, come the same way again.
Those roads seemed like they’d go on forever.
Every turn was filled with such wonder.
Each step that we took, it would teach us something new.
From the help of total strangers.
To those nights nobody laid with us.
We really thought we could change this world.
When we were young,
When we were young.
Fly angel fly.
You reach for those stars.
There’s nothing you can’t do if you just try.
Be wary of those illusions,
And all those friends who walk into your life with their quick fix solutions.
The ones who try to fool you into being just like them,
Kisses tasted sweeter.
And arms could hold you tighter.
There was an innocence,
That was given and returned.
Those mysteries we uncovered,
As we surrendered to each other.
All those memories that still live in the back of our mind.
Of when we were young…
When we were young,
When we were young.
So you run river you run.
You got waterfalls that are yet to come.
Enjoy your freedom, while you still can.
The magic of the moment
Oh it’s gone, it’s gone before you know it.
And it will never come like that again.
Like when we were young
When we were young
When we were young.
Like when we were young…
Remember, when we were young.
© Michael de Jong ® Dutch Uncle Music STEMRA 2007
