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 AM, 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 at 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