Crazy thing when you're seventeen With a head full of crazy dreams You wish you had a time machine to catch 'em Skip ahead to twenty-two Make your own money and your own rules Yeah you'll do anything you want to do but life won't let ya You gotta wait for it, pray for it Gonna bend, gonna break, gonna take a little faith everyday for it Yeah, you gotta wait for it You gotta hurt for it, work for it When you go for the gold, sometimes you gotta go through some dirt for it Yeah, you gotta wait for it Why you wanna wish your life away You know you're gonna look back some day And wish you were right here where you're standin' You only get one shot so live and laugh and love a lot And life will be a lot better than you planned it You gotta wait for it, pray for it Gonna bend, gonna break, gonna take a little faith everyday for it Yeah, you gotta wait for it You gotta hurt for it, work for it When you go for the gold, sometimes you gotta go through some dirt for it Yeah, you gotta wait for it First kiss, first set of wheels Dream house up on a hill With your girl, sittin' there in your rockin' chairs With silver in your hair Yeah, you gotta wait for it Yeah, you know you gotta wait for it, pray for it Gonna bend, gonna break, gonna take a little faith everyday for it Yeah, you gotta wait for it You gotta hurt for it, work for it When you go for the gold, sometimes you gotta go through some dirt for it Yeah, you gotta wait for it