When You Were Young (The Killers cover) Lyrics

You sit there in your heartache
Waiting on some beautiful boy to
save you from your old ways
You play forgiveness
Watch it now ... here he comes!

He doesn't look a thing like Jesus
But he talks like a gentleman
Like you imagined when you were young

Can we climb this mountain
I don't know
Higher now than ever before
I know we can make it if we take it slow
Let's take it easy
Easy now, watch it go

We're burning down the highway skyline
On the back of a hurricane that started turning
When you were young
When you were young

And sometimes you close your eyes
and see the place where you used to live
When you were young

They say the devil's water, it ain't so sweet
You don't have to drink right now
But you can dip your feet
Every once in a little while

You sit there in your heartache
Waiting on some beautiful boy to
To save you from your old ways
You play forgiveness
Watch it now here he comes

He doesn't look a thing like Jesus
But he talks like a gentleman
Like you imagined when you were young
(He talks like a gentlemen, like you imagined when)
When you were young

I said he doesn't look a thing like Jesus
He doesn't look a thing like Jesus
But more than you'll ever know
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Cover art for When You Were Young (The Killers cover) lyrics by Taking Back Sunday

I saw this at taste of chaos =)

Cover art for When You Were Young (The Killers cover) lyrics by Taking Back Sunday

They did a cover of this?? this is sweet i need to listen to it

Cover art for When You Were Young (The Killers cover) lyrics by Taking Back Sunday

Yeah it's accoustic but it's still really good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDr7As8i3gc

Cover art for When You Were Young (The Killers cover) lyrics by Taking Back Sunday

he did it amazing. rofl. as terrible as this may sound, i think he does it better than brenden flowers(or whatever). adams got a better voice(my opinIon).

Cover art for When You Were Young (The Killers cover) lyrics by Taking Back Sunday

its brandon flowers. and yes this version does seem a bit better. lol adam's voice is the best!

Cover art for When You Were Young (The Killers cover) lyrics by Taking Back Sunday

not 'better', adam and brandon's voices are completely different so you can't really compare, they just approach it differently.

Cover art for When You Were Young (The Killers cover) lyrics by Taking Back Sunday

i saw them do this live, it was amazing : ) i love adam.

Cover art for When You Were Young (The Killers cover) lyrics by Taking Back Sunday

haha and what's awesome is when they cover Bones! =D