C
I was walking down 57th Street towards Park
         G
With the same old song in my same old heart
       Am                            F
Making plans I'm gonna do when I get older
         C
Passed a gray-haired man and I found his eyes
             G
It's like he knew my thoughts and he read my mind
       Am                               F
Saying life is gonna find you when it's supposed to

        Am
Felt my feet stop short and I turned my head
         C                       D             F
Tried to lean into every word he said, then he said

             C            F           C
When you are younger, you wish you're older
     F           C                   G
Then when you're older, you wish for time to turn around
               Am          G    F
Don't let your wonder turn into closure
             C                   G
When you get older, when you get older

C   F   Am  G
Oh, oh, oh, oh
C   F   Am  G
Oh, oh, oh, oh

       C
Have I killed my thoughts right before their prime?
       G
Have I bit my tongue one too many times
       Am                           F
Have I said it all the way I really meant to?
     C
If I wait 'til my tomorrow comes
       G                        Am
Is the waiting all I've ever done?
           F
And will I get to

       Am
get to know myself in the place I am
       G                         D            F
Get to fall in love with another man and understand

             C            F           C
When you are younger, you wish you're older
     F           C                   G
Then when you're older, you wish for time to turn around
               Am          G    F
Don't let your wonder turn into closure
             C                   G
When you get older, when you get older

C   F   Am  G
Oh, oh, oh, oh
C   F   Am  G
Oh, oh, oh, oh

             C            F           C
When you are younger, you wish you're older
     F       C                   G
When you get older, you wish for time to turn around
               Am          G    F
Don't let your wonder turn into closure
             C                   G
When you get older, when you get older

C    F  Am  G   C
Oh, oh, oh, oh