Wild and free, seventeen
You were only seventeen
And your mind was beatin' like a djembe drum

We were young, we were young
You were mine and we were young
And our love was burnin', life was but a dream


I got lost a few times
You knew everywhere I'd hide
You would look and call, and eventually I'd come

We were young, we were young
We got lost when we were young
But our hearts were always easy to unwind


Two years gone, you were gone
You were off to share your song
Out to heal the aching pieces of the Earth

And it hurt when you left
But I never told you how
'Cause I wanted you to go and travel on
Travel on, travel on
We were young, and you were gone
Out to heal the aching pieces of the Earth


Oh love, will you stay awake tonight
We can live tonight
In between this
Oh, phone line, please be clear tonight
Let me hear tonight
Dear, I need this

[Verse 4]
Ten years flew, and you'd write
And I'd call you every night
And we'd close our eyes and meet there in our sleep
And you'd keep me alive
In your window so I'd know
After all those years that still, my home is you

[Chorus]
Oh, love, will you stay awake tonight
We can live tonight
In between this
Oh, phone line, please be clear tonight
Let me hear tonight
Dear, I need the
Whole world to wait
The whole world to wait