When we were young

Well, the first 21
It's a criminal ride
But whatever you've done
You can get out alive

The first 21
Is it heaven or hell?
But who really cares
We were under a spell

The first 21
And those hot summer nights
We were high as the stars
Under big city lights

But when we were young
We learned how to tell our own lies
Telling ourselves it was paradise
And sometimes we even believed it

When we were young
Was like nothing that we'd ever seen
Pushing ourselves to have bigger dreams
And sometimes we'd even believed it

When we were young

The first 21
Was a coming of age
We would take on the world
Like we're turning a page

The first 21
It's not what you think
Sometimes you fly
And sometimes you sink

But when we were young
We learned how to tell our own lies
Telling ourselves it was paradise
And sometimes we'd even believed it

When we were young
Was like nothing that we'd ever seen
Pushing ourselves to have bigger dreams
And sometimes we'd even believed it

When we were young

But when we were young
We learned how to tell our own lies
Telling ourselves it was paradise
And sometimes we even believed it

When we were young
Was like nothing that we'd ever seen
Pushing ourselves to have bigger dreams
And sometimes we'd even believed it

When we were young
When we were young
When we were young
When we were young
When we were young

We were just 21
When we were young