Verse
G#
I was walking down 57th Street towards Park
D#
With the same old song in my same old heart
Fm C#
Making plans I'm gonna do when I get older
G#
Passed a gray-haired man and I found his eyes
D#
It's like he knew my thoughts and he read my mind
Fm C#
Saying life is gonna find you when it's supposed to
[Pre-chorus]
Fm
Felt my feet stop short and I turned my head
G#/D# A#/D C#
Tried to lean into every word he sai-aid, then he said
[Chorus]
G# C# G#
When you are younger, you wish you're older
C# G# D#
Then when you're older, you wish for time to turn around
C7/E Fm G# C#
Don't let your wonder turn into closure
G# D#
When you get older, when you get older
[Post-Chorus]
G# C# Fm D#
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
G# C# Fm D#
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh ho
[Verse 2]
G#
Have I killed my thoughts right before their prime?
D#
Have I bit my tongue one too many times
Fm C#
Have I said it all the way I really meant to?
G#
If I wait 'til my tomorrow comes
D# C7/E Fm
Is the waiting all I've ever do -o one?
C#
And will I get to,
[Pre-chorus]
Fm
get to know myself in the place I am
G#/D# A#/D C#
Get to fall in love with another ma-a-an and understand
[Chorus]
G# C# G#
When you are younger, you wish you're older
C# G# D#
Then when you're older, you wish for time to turn around
C7/E Fm G# C#
Don't let your wonder turn into closure
G# D#
When you get older, when you get older
[Post-Chorus]
G# C# Fm D#
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
G# C# Fm D#
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh ho
[Chorus]
G# C#
When you are younger, you wish you're older
Fm D#
When you get older, you wish for time to turn around
G#/C C#
Don't let your wonder turn into closure
Fm D#
When you get older, when you get older
[Outro]
G# C# Fm D#
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
G#
oh oh oh oh oh