When You Were Young
The Killers * Track #3 On Sam’s Town
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- #2Enterlude
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- #3When You Were Young
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- #4Bling (Confession of a King)
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- #7Uncle Jonny
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- #8
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- #9My List
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- #10This River is Wild
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- #11Why Do I Keep Counting?
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- #12Exitlude
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When You Were Young by The Killers
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The KillersWrited by
Mark Stoermer & Ronnie Vannucci Jr. & Dave Keuning & Brandon FlowersAbout
The lead single off of Sam’s Town. The song contemplates the difference between expectations and reality through a love affair between a girl and a gentleman who ‘doesn’t look a thing like Jesus’.
When You Were Young Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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
[Chorus 1]
He doesn't look a thing like Jesus
But he talks like a gentleman
Like you imagined
When you were young
[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus 2]
We're burning down the highway skyline
On the back of a hurricane that started turning
When you were young
When you were young
[Interlude]
And sometimes you close your eyes
And see the place where you used to live
When you were young
[Bridge]
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
[Verse 1]
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
[Chorus 1]
He doesn't look a thing like Jesus
But he talks like a gentleman
Like you imagined
When you were young
(Talks like a gentleman)
(Like you imagined when)
When you were young
[Outro]
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
When You Were Young Q&A
Who wrote When You Were Young's ?
When You Were Young was written by Mark Stoermer & Ronnie Vannucci Jr. & Dave Keuning & Brandon Flowers.
Who produced When You Were Young's ?
When You Were Young was produced by The Killers & Alan Moulder & Flood.
When did The Killers release When You Were Young?
The Killers released When You Were Young on Mon Sep 18 2006.
What did The Killers say about "When You Were Young"?
“We’ve been guilty of having a lot of chords in our songs, and there’s not anything necessarily wrong with that, but there’s something great about simplicity. ‘When You Were Young’ is just one progression which repeats, with a couple of small variations, but it was instantly powerful and once I hear...