Remember You Young

Verse 1

Found a Polaroid in a shoebox You were seven, gap-toothed grin Standing on the front porch railing Like the world was yours to win Now you're twenty-five and worried 'Bout the rent and the career But I look at you and all I see Is that kid without the fear

Pre-Chorus

Time might change the outside But I know who's still in there

Chorus

I'll always remember you young Chasin' fireflies when the day was done Dirt on your knees, wild in the sun I'll remember you young Before the world got heavy Before the doubt crept in I'll hold onto the version of you That believed you'd always win I'll remember you young

Verse 2

Your mama shows me baby pictures Every time that I come round You groan and hide your face But I see the kid beneath the grown The one who climbed the tallest oak Just to see what she could see The one who sang in the grocery store Without a single care to be

Chorus

I'll always remember you young Chasin' fireflies when the day was done Dirt on your knees, wild in the sun I'll remember you young Before the world got heavy Before the doubt crept in I'll hold onto the version of you That believed you'd always win I'll remember you young

Verse 3

Someday we'll be old and silver Sitting somewhere with our tea And I'll look across the table And I'll still see twenty-three 'Cause the people that we love Don't age inside our hearts They stay forever golden Right from the very start

Bridge

So when the mirror makes you question When the years feel like they've won Just know that somebody out here Will always remember you young Remember you brave Remember you free Remember you exactly As you were meant to be