Mother told me lots of things about livin' Father never said too much at all I just ran around, gettin' so damn excited Didn't have much time to hear the cold Cause we were young, we were young We were young and that's the way our world came tumblin' in I remember the start of days of summer I remember brilliant days in May I remember long lost names, but I'm no good at playin' Mother told me days could be nights Cause we were young, we were young We were young and that's the way our world came tumblin' in Cause we were young, we were young We were young and that's the way our world came tumblin' in For a time I was so thin, never goin' out, always in Now I'm tired of growin' old, hot on the stove turns cold There's no one left to hold, gone are the lights of better days I'm on my way to a new land Cause we were young, we were young We were young and that's the way our world came tumblin' in Cause we were young, we were young We were young and that's the way our world came tumblin' in That's the way our world came, that's the way our world came That's the way our world came tumblin' in