Verse
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I was walking down 57th Street towards Park
G#
With the same old song in my same old heart
A#m F#
Making plans I'm gonna do when I get older
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Passed a gray-haired man and I found his eyes
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It's like he knew my thoughts and he read my mind
A#m F#
Saying life is gonna find you when it's supposed to
[Pre-chorus]
A#m
Felt my feet stop short and I turned my head
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Tried to lean into every word he sai-aid, then he said
[Chorus]
C# F# C#
When you are younger, you wish you're older
F# C# G#
Then when you're older, you wish for time to turn around
F7/A A#m C# F#
Don't let your wonder turn into closure
C# G#
When you get older, when you get older
[Post-Chorus]
C# F# A#m G#
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
C# F# A#m G#
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh ho
[Verse 2]
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Have I killed my thoughts right before their prime?
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Have I bit my tongue one too many times
A#m F#
Have I said it all the way I really meant to?
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If I wait 'til my tomorrow comes
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Is the waiting all I've ever do -o one?
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And will I get to,
[Pre-chorus]
A#m
get to know myself in the place I am
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Get to fall in love with another ma-a-an and understand
[Chorus]
C# F# C#
When you are younger, you wish you're older
F# C# G#
Then when you're older, you wish for time to turn around
F7/A A#m C# F#
Don't let your wonder turn into closure
C# G#
When you get older, when you get older
[Post-Chorus]
C# F# A#m G#
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
C# F# A#m G#
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh ho
[Chorus]
C# F#
When you are younger, you wish you're older
A#m G#
When you get older, you wish for time to turn around
C#/F F#
Don't let your wonder turn into closure
A#m G#
When you get older, when you get older
[Outro]
C# F# A#m G#
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
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oh oh oh oh oh