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2006 · From the album Sam's Town

When You Were Young

by The Killers

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03 · Lyrics

"When You Were Young"

You sit there in your heartache

Waiting on some beautiful boy to

To save you from your old ways

You play forgiveness

Watch it now

Here he comes

He doesn't look a thing like Jesus

But he talks like a gentlemen

Like you imagined

When you were young

Can we climb this mountain?

I don't know

Higher now than ever before

I know we can make it if we take it slow

Let's take it easy

Easy now

Watch it go

We're burning down the highway skyline

On the back of a hurricane that started turning

When you were young

When you were young

And sometimes you close your eyes

And see the place where you used to live

When you were young

They say the devil's water

It ain't so sweet

You don't have to drink right now

But you can dip your feet

Every once in a little while

You sit there in your heartache

Waiting on some beautiful boy to

To save you from your old ways

You play forgiveness

Watch it now

Here he comes

He doesn't look a thing like Jesus

But he talks like a gentlemen

Like you imagined

When you were young

Talks like a gentleman

Like you imagined

When you were young

I said, he doesn't look a thing like Jesus

He doesn't look a thing like Jesus

But more than you'll ever know

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When was "When You Were Young" released?
"When You Were Young" by The Killers was released on September 18, 2006 on the album "Sam's Town".
What genre is "When You Were Young"?
"When You Were Young" by The Killers falls within the rock, electronic, pop genres.
What album is "When You Were Young" on?
"When You Were Young" appears on the album "Sam's Town" by The Killers.
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