We Did It When We Were Young Lyrics - American Slang - The Gaslight Anthem

Don't write me no more letters 

My mailbox is full of bombs 

Between you and the kooks on my block 

I don't remember the good times 

I wasn't there and you were kind 

And my wife has some dogs in our yard 

And I cannot hold a candle for every pretty girl 

We were strangers many hours 

And I missed you for so long 

When we were lions, lovers in combat 

Faded like your name on those jeans that I burned 

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But I am older now 

And we did it when we were young 

I am older now 

And we did it when we were young 

There are no reasons to believe 

I buried my faith on the block 

With your heart and your clothes 

When I find 

I don't feel you or recall 

I'll put your bones out in the yard 

Someone else to be called and called by 

And I cannot hold a candle for every pretty girl 

We were strangers many hours 

And I missed you for so long 

When we were lions, lovers in combat 

Faded like your name on those jeans that I burned 

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But I am older now 

And we did it when we were young 

I am older now 

And we did it when we were young