[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