I remember we were only sixteen at the time We stole your daddy's car the day you learned to drive You nearly killed us both a half mile down the road Yeah, we were upside down and moving in slow motion We're just floating So wild and free And it all made sense to me (ha) If I'm gonna die a young American And this was the final night we'd ever have again I'd be just fine as long as I'm wherever you are 'Cause you stole my young, American heart Well, it's been a long two years since you have left the country And now, you and I, we're living in some crazy times And I get so scared we'll never make it through our twenties And we'll lose it all for nothing, nothing If I'm gonna die a young American And this was the final night we'd ever have again I'd be just fine as long as I'm wherever you are 'Cause you stole my young, American heart My young, American heart, my young, American heart You stole my, you stole my American heart My young, American heart, my young, American heart You stole my, you stole my American heart (We were free-falling) my young, American heart, my young, American heart You stole my, you stole my American heart If I'm gonna die a young American And this was the final night we'd ever have again I'd be just fine as long as I'm wherever you are 'Cause you stole my young, American heart My young, American heart My young, American heart My young, American 'Cause you stole my young, American heart