[strumming guitar]
- So I was, uh,

getting ready for Christmas last year, and uh,

um,

I was flying home and uh,

my,

I was thinking

about Christmas gifts, and uh,

I was like "Ah, I need to buy my [?] a Christmas gift,"

It was like two days before Christmas, and uh,

I was like, "Well..."

"you know, the easiest thing for a songwriter or musician is to write a song for someone!" [laughing]

So I wrote a song for her, uh, and put it on the album, and uh...

It was kind of an afterthought, really,

and, uh, I thought it'd fit well. It's, uh, called "When We Were Young," and I think most of us in here can relate to it.

There's a lot of young faces in here, but uh...

um,

"When We Were Young."

[playing harmonica]

♪ Remember when we'd look up ♪

♪ at the mansion on the hill. ♪

♪ Dream of living forever ♪

♪ if we can make time stand still. ♪

♪ We were all afraid and reckless ♪

♪ held a candle to the wind ♪

♪ when we were young. ♪

♪ Well, we'd run through fields of green by day ♪

♪ chase the stars by night. ♪

♪ And fight the grip of wilderness ♪

♪ with all our mind. ♪

♪ Lie awake and let the cool summer breeze ♪

♪ sweep across our feet ♪

♪ when we were young. ♪

♪ When we were young, we still believed in love. ♪

♪ Had faith in all the problems the world slipped into our hands ♪

♪ when we were young. ♪

♪ Well, the sidewalks down on King Street ♪

♪ where we knew every voice and face. ♪

♪ We both knew our dreams ♪

♪ were too big for that place. ♪

♪ Our hearts on fire and restless. ♪

♪ The open highway stretched into sun ♪

♪ when we were young. ♪

♪ When we were young, we still believed in love. ♪

♪ Had faith in all the problems the world slipped into our hands ♪

♪ when we were young. ♪

[continues playing harmonica]

♪ Well, it's 20 years down the road, now. ♪

♪ Time has come and gone. ♪

♪ Like a knife up in this steel trap, ♪

♪ to rip into my flesh and bone. ♪

♪ But your voice shines in like a light ♪

♪ and you're still strong ♪

♪ just like I remember. ♪

♪ Just like I remember... ♪

♪ when we were young. ♪

♪ When we were young, we still believed in love. ♪

♪ Had faith in all the problems the world slipped into our hands ♪

♪ when we were young. ♪

♪ When we were young, I still believed in love. ♪

♪ Had faith in all the problems the world slipped into our hands ♪

♪ when we were young. ♪

[continues playing harmonica]

Ryan Van Sickle
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Video by Daniel Ely Rankin
Canon 7d/60d

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