[Verse 1] I still know the words to every song that promised me the night was young And every year I sang along Like time was something that happened to someone else [pause] Someone else Not me [Pre-Chorus] But mirrors learn what records don't And photographs don't care what you believe [Chorus] Forever young Forever young That's what we sang when we were young But forever was a song Just a song Just a song [Verse 2] The bands got older The fans got older The rebels got jobs and lower back pain The music that frightened our parents once now plays quietly in supermarket aisles [pause] What a strange victory [Pre-Chorus] And every generation thinks it found the sound That time will never touch [Chorus] Forever young Forever young That's what we sang when we were young But forever was a song Just a song Just a song [Bridge] The records crackle The posters fade The heroes disappear one by one And every anthem becomes a memory for somebody's son for somebody's daughter [aahhh] [Final Chorus] Forever young Forever young I still sing it now and then Not because I think it's true But because I remember when Forever young Forever young No, we don't stay young No, we don't stay young But sometimes for three minutes inside a song we do [Outro] For three minutes For three minutes For three minutes we do...
