[Verse 1]

When you're young you hope to be

Menacing, in vanity

Six feet tall, maybe more

Bigger now than before

[Pre-Chorus]

They said it was leaving me

The magic was leaving me

I don't think so

I don't think so

[Chorus 1]

They said it was leaving

They said it with joy

Now I can make this last forever

And be a boy

And be a boy

[Verse 2]

When you're young you hope to see

Them carve your name into the street

And bounce your words off satellites

That keep the wasted up tonight

[Pre-Chorus]

They said it was leaving me

The magic was leaving me

I don't think so

I don't think so

[Chorus 2]

They said it was leaving

They said it with joy

Now I can make this last forever

And be a boy

And be a boy

There's safety in a jungle

If you treat it like a toy

Make sure you talk to strangers

And be a boy

And be a boy

And be a boy

[Pre-Chorus]

They said it was leaving me

The magic was leaving me

I don't think so

I don't think so

[Outro]

All the boys that could have been someone

The time did come but now it's gone

The time did come but now it's gone

It takes a big man to be someone

All the boys that could have been someone

The time did come but now it's gone

The time did come but now it's gone

It takes a big man to be someone

I'm half your age and lived twice your life

And I own the streets you walk tonight

The time did come but it's long gone

It takes a big man to be someone

I'm half your age and lived twice your life

And I don't sleep alone at night

The time did come but it's long gone

It takes a big man to be someone