Like Em Young Lyrics
[Intro]
I, huh
[Verse 1]
Hey, boy, you're too young for me, but I
Don't care 'cause you're all I see
I like 'em young
I, I like 'em young
Eyes wide, oh, you're so naïve thinking
No one knows better than me
I like 'em young
I, I like 'em young
[Pre-Chorus]
And people make me wonder
Age is just a number
That they don't think about
That's all I think about
[Chorus]
I like 'em young (Hey)
I like 'em young (Hey)
I like 'em young (Hey)
Young like me with a mind so easy
I like 'em young (Hey)
I like 'em young (Hey)
I like 'em young (Hey)
Young like me with a mind so easy
I like 'em
I, huh
[Verse 1]
Hey, boy, you're too young for me, but I
Don't care 'cause you're all I see
I like 'em young
I, I like 'em young
Eyes wide, oh, you're so naïve thinking
No one knows better than me
I like 'em young
I, I like 'em young
[Pre-Chorus]
And people make me wonder
Age is just a number
That they don't think about
That's all I think about
[Chorus]
I like 'em young (Hey)
I like 'em young (Hey)
I like 'em young (Hey)
Young like me with a mind so easy
I like 'em young (Hey)
I like 'em young (Hey)
I like 'em young (Hey)
Young like me with a mind so easy
I like 'em
[Verse 2]
Hey, girl, why you judgin' me, when your
Your guy's turning 53?
I like 'em young
I, I like 'em young, now
I don't know what really gets you more, is it
That my guy's gonna live out yours?
I like 'em young
I, I like 'em young, hey
They say they don't care, but I
[Pre-Chorus]
I can tell they're lying
'Cause we're all slowly dying
Tryin' to work it out
And all I think about
[Chorus]
I like 'em young (Hey)
I like 'em young (Hey)
I like 'em young (Hey)
Young like me with a mind so easy
I like 'em young (Hey)
I like 'em young (Hey)
I like 'em young (Hey)
Young like me with a mind so easy
I like 'em
Hey, girl, why you judgin' me, when your
Your guy's turning 53?
I like 'em young
I, I like 'em young, now
I don't know what really gets you more, is it
That my guy's gonna live out yours?
I like 'em young
I, I like 'em young, hey
They say they don't care, but I
[Pre-Chorus]
I can tell they're lying
'Cause we're all slowly dying
Tryin' to work it out
And all I think about
[Chorus]
I like 'em young (Hey)
I like 'em young (Hey)
I like 'em young (Hey)
Young like me with a mind so easy
I like 'em young (Hey)
I like 'em young (Hey)
I like 'em young (Hey)
Young like me with a mind so easy
I like 'em
[Bridge]
Life, I live mine
Love, not one kind
All is fair in love and war
My manners out the door
What do I need them for?
[Chorus]
I like 'em young (Hey)
I like 'em young (Hey)
I like 'em young (Hey)
Young like me with a mind so easy
I like 'em young (Hey)
I like 'em young (Hey)
I like 'em young (Hey)
Young like me with a mind so easy
I like 'em young
Life, I live mine
Love, not one kind
All is fair in love and war
My manners out the door
What do I need them for?
[Chorus]
I like 'em young (Hey)
I like 'em young (Hey)
I like 'em young (Hey)
Young like me with a mind so easy
I like 'em young (Hey)
I like 'em young (Hey)
I like 'em young (Hey)
Young like me with a mind so easy
I like 'em young
About
Genius Annotation
Tove Lo was 26 years old when the album Queen of the Clouds came out. She’s old enough to have decided as a preference the alive and ingenuous young boys she most certainly has… experienced, as showed in this song.
Not only depicting the characteristic youth of her lovers, she satirizes girls who have a prediletion for old men (and still have the guts to criticize Tove for her contrary style!).
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- 2.My Gun
- 3.Like Em Young
- 4.Talking Body
- 5.Timebomb
- 7.Moments
- 9.Got Love
- 10.Not on Drugs
- 12.Thousand Miles
- 14.This Time Around
- 16.Love Ballad
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Recorded At
Wolf Cousins Studios, Stockholm, Sweden
Release Date
September 24, 2014
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