[Verse 1]
I was seventeen, I was full speed
I was young and mean, and the world hadn't changed me at all
Gettin' drunk, fallin' in and out of love
And I didn't know enough, that the world would pass me up
I used to get so high that I didn't know my own name
I didn't know those nights were never gonna be the same

[Chorus]
We were the kings of the summer
Tell me when'd it all end?
They don't tell you when you grow up you lose all of your friends
Stayin' up all night, yeah, I'll sleep when I'm dead
They don't tell you whеn you grow up you lose all of your friends

[Verse 2]
I was twenty onе, still coming up
Still young and dumb and the world had my back to the wall
Drunk in love and still learnin' rough
Doing harder stuff, felt like giving up
I used to take my whiskey with a side of cocaine
I didn't know those nights were never gonna be the same

[Chorus]
We were the kings of the summer
Tell me when'd it all end?
They don't tell you when you grow up you lose all of your friends
Stayin' up all night, yeah, I'll sleep when I'm dead
They don't tell you when you grow up you lose all of your friends
We were the kings of the summer
Tell me when'd it all end?
They don't tell you when you grow up you lose all of your friends
Stayin' up all night, yeah, I'll sleep when I'm dead
They don't tell you when you grow up you lose all of your friends
[Bridge]
They don't tell you can lose when you swing for the fence
They don't tell you when you grow up you lose all of your friends
They don't tell you that you find your strength from within
They don't tell you, they don't tell you
They don't tell you can lose when you swing for the fence
They don't tell you when you grow up you lose all of your friends
They don't tell you that you find your strength from within
They don't tell you that you find yourself alone in the end

[Chorus]
We were the kings of the summer
Tell me when'd it all end?
They don't tell you when you grow up you lose all of your friends
Stayin' up all night, yeah, I'll sleep when I'm dead
They don't tell you when you grow up you lose all of your friends
We were the kings of the summer
Tell me when'd it all end?
They don't tell you when you grow up you lose all of your friends
Stayin' up all night, yeah, I'll sleep when I'm dead
They don't tell you when you grow up you lose all of your friends