The First 21

When we were young Well, the first 21 It's a criminal ride Whatever you've done You can get out alive The first 21 Is it heaven or hell? But who really cares We were under a spell The first 21 And those hot summer nights We were high as the stars Under big city lights But when we were young We learned how to tell our own lies Telling ourselves it was paradise And sometimes we even believed it When we were young Was like nothing that we'd ever seen Pushing ourselves to have bigger dreams And sometimes we even believed it When we were young Well, the first 21 Was a coming of age We would take on the world Like we're turning a page The first 21 It's not what you think Sometimes you fly And sometimes you sink But when we were young We learned how to tell our own lies Telling ourselves it was paradise And sometimes we even believed it When we were young Was like nothing that we'd ever seen Pushing ourselves to have bigger dreams And sometimes we even believed it When we were young But when we were young We learned how to tell our own lies Telling ourselves it was paradise And sometimes we even believed it When we were young Was like nothing that we'd ever seen Pushing ourselves to have bigger dreams And sometimes we even believed it When we were young When we were young When we were young When we were young When we were young We were just 21 When we were young