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