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