The Gaslight Anthem - We Did It When We Were Young lyrics

Don't write me no more letters
My mailbox is full of bombs
Between you and the crooks on my block
I don't remember the good times
I wasn't there when you were kind
And my wife has some dogs in our yard

And I cannot hold a candle
For every pretty gun
We were strangers many hours and I
Missed you for so long
When we were lions, lovers in combat
Faded like your name on those
Jeans that I burned

But, I am older now
And we did it when we were young
I am older now
And we did it when we were young

There are no reasons to believe
I buried my faith in another plot
With your heart and your clothes when I find
That I don't feel you or recall
I'll put your bones out in the yard
For someone else to be called and called by

And I cannot hold a candle
For every pretty gun
We were strangers many hours and I
Missed you for so long
When we were lions, lovers in combat
Faded like your name on those
Jeans that I burned

But, I am older now
And we did it when we were young
I am older now
And we did it when we were young

I am older now
And we did it when we were young
I am older now
And we did it when we were young