Verse
D
I was walking down 57th Street towards Park
A
With the same old song in my same old heart
Bm G
Making plans I'm gonna do when I get older
D
Passed a gray-haired man and I found his eyes
A
It's like he knew my thoughts and he read my mind
Bm G
Saying life is gonna find you when it's supposed to
[Pre-chorus]
Bm
Felt my feet stop short and I turned my head
D/A E/G# G
Tried to lean into every word he sai-aid, then he said
[Chorus]
D G D
When you are younger, you wish you're older
G D A
Then when you're older, you wish for time to turn around
F#7/A# Bm D G
Don't let your wonder turn into closure
D A
When you get older, when you get older
[Post-Chorus]
D G Bm A
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
D G Bm A
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh ho
[Verse 2]
D
Have I killed my thoughts right before their prime?
A
Have I bit my tongue one too many times
Bm G
Have I said it all the way I really meant to?
D
If I wait 'til my tomorrow comes
A F#7/A# Bm
Is the waiting all I've ever do -o one?
G
And will I get to,
[Pre-chorus]
Bm
get to know myself in the place I am
D/A E/G# G
Get to fall in love with another ma-a-an and understand
[Chorus]
D G D
When you are younger, you wish you're older
G D A
Then when you're older, you wish for time to turn around
F#7/A# Bm D G
Don't let your wonder turn into closure
D A
When you get older, when you get older
[Post-Chorus]
D G Bm A
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
D G Bm A
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh ho
[Chorus]
D G
When you are younger, you wish you're older
Bm A
When you get older, you wish for time to turn around
D/F# G
Don't let your wonder turn into closure
Bm A
When you get older, when you get older
[Outro]
D G Bm A
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
D
oh oh oh oh oh