She said, "We're only young once" In the back of a Chevrolet "Hey Now" on the radio Ashes in the tray You can only get drunk once On this kind of naivety Who knows how long we're always gonna feel this way? Time goes by and it'll dull the razor And we don't know why Let's worry 'bout that later 'Cause if we never do nothing else stupid If we never do nothing else stupid At least we know someday That we can look back and say We were young once We were young once We were gung-ho, singing in the sun once Backroads in the wild, on the run once Cheap thrills, doing things in the wheat fields We were young, we were young, we were young once We were young once She said let's get a cheap hotel And make out in the hall I'll cover up your mouth And play it cool if my parents call Let's get lost tonight Before the world's too small Someday we're gonna know too much to know it all Time goes by and it'll dull the razor And we don't know why Let's worry 'bout that later 'Cause if we never do nothing else stupid If we never do nothing else stupid At least we know someday We can look back and say We were young once We were young once We were gung-ho, singing in the sun once Backroads in the wild on the run once Cheap thrills, doing things in the wheat fields We were young, we were young, we were young once We were young, we were young, we were young once We were young, we were young, we were young once We were young once We were young once We were young once We were gung-ho, singing in the sun once Backroads in the wild on the run once Cheap thrills, doing things in the wheat fields We were young, we were young, we were young once We were young, we were young, we were young once We were young, we were young, we were young once We were gung-ho, singing in the sun once Backroads in the wild, on the run once Cheap thrills, doing things in the wheat fields We were young, we were young, we were young once We were young, we were young, we were young once