We were like the last Indians Defending our own land with desperate hands We were told that youthful love grows old And nothing's here to stay, to stow our love away And you were high upon my shoulders And you were trying to reach the stars And you were certain that if you wished it hard enough Then it would be just us again The bugle sounds, the uniforms come in With flags to shield their sins, my doorbell rings The new-found girl, she says to move on fast A silent treaty's made, I've signed my love away And you were high upon my shoulders And you were trying to reach the stars And you were certain that if you wished it hard enough Then it would be just us again So here I stand, oh I have traded for More stable living plans to meet demands Our sacred grounds, oh we knew secrets That we thought we'd never tell, now others know as well And you were high upon my shoulders And you were trying to reach the stars And you were certain that if you wished it hard enough Then it would be just us again