When We Were Young

Album: 25 (2015)
Charted: 9 14
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  • Everybody loves the things you do
    From the way you talk
    To the way you move
    Everybody here is watching you
    'Cause you feel like home
    You're like a dream come true
    But if by chance you're here alone
    Can I have a moment
    Before I go?
    'Cause I've been by myself all night long
    Hoping you're someone I used to know

    You look like a movie
    You sound like a song
    My God, this reminds me
    Of when we were young

    Let me photograph you in this light
    In case it is the last time
    That we might be exactly like we were
    Before we realized
    We were sad of getting old
    It made us restless
    It was just like a movie
    It was just like a song

    I was so scared to face my fears
    Nobody told me that you'd be here
    And I swear you moved overseas
    That's what you said, when you left me

    You still look like a movie
    You still sound like a song
    My God, this reminds me
    Of when we were young

    Let me photograph you in this light
    In case it is the last time
    That we might be exactly like we were
    Before we realized
    We were sad of getting old
    It made us restless
    It was just like a movie
    It was just like a song

    When we were young
    When we were young
    When we were young
    When we were young

    It's hard to admit that
    Everything just takes me back
    To when you were there
    To when you were there
    And a part of me keeps holding on
    Just in case it hasn't gone
    'Cause I still care
    Do you still care?

    It was just like a movie
    It was just like a song
    My God, this reminds me
    Of when we were young

    When we were young
    When we were young
    When we were young
    When we were young

    Let me photograph you in this light
    In case it is the last time
    That we might be exactly like we were
    Before we realized
    We were sad of getting old
    It made us restless
    Oh, I'm so mad I'm getting old
    It makes me reckless
    It was just like a movie
    It was just like a song
    When we were young Writer/s: Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, Tobias MacDonald Jesso
    Publisher: O/B/O DistroKid, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Nathan Whitfield from Chattanooga, TennesseeI don't find myself listening to Adele, but this is quite the exception. This is a gem! My favorite song by her. Honestly, one of my favorite songs. Period.
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