Young Once Lyrics
She said we're only young once
The back of a Chevrolet, "Hey Now" on the radio
Ashes in the tray
You can only get drunk once
On this kind of naivety
Who knows how long we’re always gonna feel this way?
[Pre-Chorus]
Time goes by, and it'll dull the razor
And we don't know why
Let’s worry 'bout that later
'Cause if we never do nothin' else stupid
If we never do nothin' else stupid
At least we know someday
That we can look back and say
We were young once
[Chorus]
We were young once
We were gung-ho, singin' in the sun once
Backroads in the wild, on the run once
Cheap thrills, doing things in the wheat fields
We were young, we were young, we were young once
We were young once
She said, "Let's get a cheap hotel
And make out in the hall"
I'll cover up your mouth and play it cool if my parents call
Let’s get lost tonight
Before the world’s too small
Someday we're gonna know too much to know it all
[Pre-Chorus]
Time goes by, and it’ll dull the razor
And we don't know why
Let's worry 'bout that later
’Cause if we never do nothin' else stupid
If we never do nothin' else stupid
At least we know someday
We can look back and say
We were young once
[Chorus]
We were young once
We were gung-ho, singin' in the sun once
Backroads in the wild, on the run once
Cheap thrills, doing things in the wheat fields
We were young, we were young, we were young once
We were young, we were young, we were young once
We were young, we were young, we were young once
We were young once
We were young once
[Chorus]
We were young once
We were gung-ho, singin' in the sun once
Backroads in the wild, on the run once
Cheap thrills, doing things in the wheat fields
We were young, we were young, we were young once
We were young, we were young, we were young once
We were young, we were young, we were young once
We were gung-ho, singin' in the sun once
Backroads in the wild, on the run once
Cheap thrills, doing things in the wheat fields
We were young, we were young, we were young once
We were young, we were young, we were young once
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Nowadays I write a lot with producers who can build a track in the room, and a lot of times they’ll build something before I even get there, or sometimes we’ll build something in the room. We wrote that song originally on just piano and guitar, and it sat around in my phone. I just had a voice memo of it forever. Then we put it down over at Zach [Crowell]’s and started playing it and put some drums on it. We had players play on it and it just kept growing. It’s one of those, like, I’m old enough now to be nostalgic about my youth, and that’s a big thing in country music, is reflecting back on the good old days. I wanted to have a song that did reflect on youth, and I’m surprised nobody had written that, had hooked “Young Once” in that way.
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