I was walking down 57th Street towards Park
With the same old song in my same old heart
Making plans I´m gonna do when I get older
Passed a gray-haired man and I found his eyes
It´s like he knew my thoughts and he read my mind

Saying life is gonna find you when it´s supposed to
Felt my feet stop short and I turned my head
Tried to lean into every word he said, then he said

When you are younger, you´ll wish you´re older
Then when you´re older, you´ll wish for time to turn around
Don´t let your wonder turn into closure
When you get older, when you get older

Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh

Have I killed my thoughts right before their prime?
Have I bit my tongue one too many times

Have I said it all the way I really meant to?
If I wait ´til my tomorrow comes
Is the waiting all I´ve ever done?
And will I get to, get to know myself in the place I am
Get to fall in love with another man and understand

When you are younger, you´ll wish you´re older
Then when you´re older, you´ll wish for time to turn around
Don´t let your wonder turn into closure
When you get older, when you get older

Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh

When you are younger, you´ll wish you´re older

Then when you´re older, you´ll wish for time to turn around
Don´t let your wonder turn into closure
When you get older, when you get older

Oh, oh, oh, oh