When you're young
You hope to be
Menacing, in vanity
Six feet tall
Maybe more
Bigger now, than before

They said it was leaving me
The magic was leaving me
I don't think so
I don't think so

They said it was leaving
They said it with joy
Now I can make this last forever
And be a boy
And be a boy

When you're young
You hope to see
And carve your name
Into the street
About your words
Of satellites
That keep the wasted up tonight

They said it was leaving me
The magic was leaving me
I don't think so
I don't think so

They said it was leaving
They said it with joy
Now I can make this last forever
And be a boy
And be a boy

There's safety in the jungle
If you treat it like a toy
Make sure you talk to strangers

And be a boy
And be a boy
Be a boy

They said it was leaving me
The magic was leaving me
I don't think so
I don't think so

All of the boys
That could have been someone
Time did come
But now it's gone

Time did come
But now it's gone
It takes a big man
To be someone

I'm half your age
And lived twice your life
And I own the streets
You walk tonight
The time did come
But it's long gone
It takes a big man
To be someone

I'm half your age
And lived twice your life
Now I don't sleep alone at night
And the time did come
But it's long gone
It takes a big man to be someone