Gaslight Anthem - We Did It When We Were Young Lyrics

Don't write me no more letters
My mailbox is full of bombs
Between you and the kooks on my block

I don't remember the good times
I wasn't there and you were kind
And my wife has some dogs in our yard

And I cannot hold a candle for every pretty girl
We were strangers many hours and I missed you for so long
When we were lions, lovers in combat
Faded like your name on those jeans that I burned

But I am older now
And we did it when we were young
I am older now
And we did it when we were young

There are no reasons to believe
I buried my faith in an unmarked plot
With your heart and your clothes

When I find that I don't feel you or recall
I'll put your bones out in the yard
Someone else to be called and called by

And I cannot hold a candle for every pretty girl
We were strangers many hours and I missed you for so long
When we were lions, lovers in combat
Faded like your name on those jeans that I burned

But I am older now
And we did it when we were young
I am older now
And we did it when we were young

I am older now
And we did it when we were young
I am older now
And we did it when we were young