[Verse 1]

It seems like just yesterday

We were posing in knock-off frames

Spiking up our lemonade, smiling in a cap and gown

I don't know what to say

I know I’ve been M-I-A

The dreams I just had to chase been runnin' me 'round

[Pre-Chorus]

The other day, it hit me like a hammer

That you can’t get back those moments that really matter

[Chorus]

Another candle on a cake

Another month on a page

You blink, another year under the sun we all go 'round

It's hello and goodbye and

It's knowing that it's flying away

And there's no way to slow it down

Instead of counting up the days

I just wanna make 'em count

[Verse 2]

I need to catch up with my sister

Our old jacket pins and stickers

Sometimes the bigger picture is in the little things

Hiding out in aisle three

In the CVS from that gossip queen

Who'da told the whole town if she’d seen us acting fifteen again

[Pre-Chorus]

The other day, it hit me like a hammer

That you can’t get back all those moments that really matter

[Chorus]

Another candle on a cake

Another month on a page

You blink, another year under the sun we all go 'round

It’s hello and goodbye and

It's knowing that it's flying away

And there's no way to slow it down

Instead of counting up the days

I just wanna make ’em count

[Bridge]

I don't want 'em to add up to nothing

Make 'em count

'Cause if it's all I got, I want 'em to mean something

[Chorus]

Every candle on a cake

Every month on a page

You blink, another year under the sun we all go 'round

Hello and goodbye and

I know that they're flying away

And there's no way to slow 'em down

Instead of counting up the days

I just wanna make 'em count

[Outro]

Yeah, I just wanna make 'em count