As you're growing older will you tell me why When I was younger you refused to cry As I was moving through my life at the pace of a racecar Like on my graduation day When I was in such a hurry I forgot to take a photo worth framing But at least it was raining when I walked through the Arch Now I'm growing up and I'm moving on Tempted to move back home They say youth is wasted on the young, but not where I come from I believe that wisdom's wasted on the old If I could go back and do what I was told I'd be something greater than I've become But I still got time to blow, still got dreams to hold Still got people to meet, and I still got places to go I wanna see Spain, solve the world's pain, and end up famous Take me back to a Little League field Parents in the grandstands, home-cooked meals Now it's fast-food drive throughs, politics, and bad news for every conversation I guess Think I'd rather talk about love and religion than Which vaccine that your friends' been getting, so move on From division, find something from within you to love them Give me one more day, back when I was only fourteen And I will do what you say, and tell you I love you every day Now that I'm older I can't go back, but I can start to make that change Cause I still got time to blow, still got dreams to hold Still got people to meet, and I still got places to go I wanna see Spain, fall in love in the rain, and just be okay Just be okay