When you're young you hope to be
Menacing in vanity
6 feet tall, maybe more

Bigger now than before

They said it was leaving me

The magic was leaving me
I don't think so
I don't think so


They said it was leaving
They said it went on

Now I could make this last forever
And be a boy, and be a boy


When you're young you hope to see
And carve your name into the street
Bout your words of satellites

That keep the wasted up tonight

They said it was leaving me

The magic was leaving me
I don't think so
I don't think so


They said it was leaving
They said it went on

Now I could make this last forever
And be a boy, and be a boy


There's safety in the jungle
If you treat it like a toy
Make sure you talk to strangers

And be a boy, and be a boy

Be a boy


They said it was leaving me
The magic was leaving me

I don't think so
I don't think so


All of the boys are gonna be someone
The time you caught but it was gone
The time you caught but it was gone

It takes a big man to be someone

All of the boys are gonna be someone

The time you caught but it was gone
The time you caught but it was gone
It takes a big man to be someone


I'm half your age and lived twice your life
And hide on streets, you walk tonight

The time you caught but it's not mine
It takes a big man to be someone


I'm half your age and lived twice your life
And I don't sleep alone tonight
The time you caught but it's not mine

It takes a big man to be someone