Young In America

When we were young and always looking up

And passing out up in the parking lot

Those were the nights, but now they've come and gone

My dear, my dear

It's 2 a.m., before the afterglow

And all those nights just seem so long ago

Banging my hands upon the stereo

Nowhere, nowhere

My heart plays the songs of my lost years

My scars are a church for my old fears

My body's a wreck, but I don't care

I swear

So say a prayer, gotta lift me up

Goddamn, when you're young in America

I don't wanna let you down

Luck will come around

We can get a ticket out somehow

That's all I am, that's all I ever was

So say a prayer, gotta lift me up

Goddamn, goddamn, goddamn

When we were young and full of bad decisions

And MTV was on your television

And all we had was our planned ambition

Ahead, ahead

You're waiting tables up in Emerald Heights

I play the Steamboat every Friday night

Two kids from nothing, guess we did alright

My dear, my dear

My heart plays the songs of my lost years

My scars are a church for my old fears

My body's a wreck, but I don't care

I swear

So say a prayer, gotta lift me up

Goddamn, when you're young in America

I don't wanna let you down

Luck will come around

We can get a ticket out somehow

That's all I am, that's all I ever was

So say a prayer, gotta lift me up

Goddamn, goddamn, goddamn

When I still hear you singing

On the old tape deck tonight

And I don't think I'll be sleeping

'Cause I just can't close my eyes

But I'll close my eyes

Say a prayer, gotta lift me up

Goddamn, when you're young in America

I don't wanna let you down

Luck will come around

We can get a ticket out somehow

That's all I am, that's all I ever was

So say a prayer, gotta lift me up

Goddamn, goddamn, goddamn