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[strumming guitar]
- So I was, uh,

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getting ready for Christmas last year, and uh,

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um,

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I was flying home and uh,

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my,

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I was thinking

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about Christmas gifts, and uh,

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I was like "Ah, I need to buy my [?] a Christmas gift,"

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It was like two days before Christmas, and uh,

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I was like, "Well..."

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"you know, the easiest thing for a songwriter or musician is to write a song for someone!" [laughing]

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So I wrote a song for her, uh, and put it on the album, and uh...

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It was kind of an afterthought, really,

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and, uh, I thought it'd fit well. It's, uh, called "When We Were Young," and I think most of us in here can relate to it.

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There's a lot of young faces in here, but uh...

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um,

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"When We Were Young."

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[playing harmonica]

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♪ Remember when we'd look up ♪

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♪ at the mansion on the hill. ♪

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♪ Dream of living forever ♪

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♪ if we can make time stand still. ♪

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♪ We were all afraid and reckless ♪

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♪ held a candle to the wind ♪

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♪ when we were young. ♪

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♪ Well, we'd run through fields of green by day ♪

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♪ chase the stars by night. ♪

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♪ And fight the grip of wilderness ♪

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♪ with all our mind. ♪

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♪ Lie awake and let the cool summer breeze ♪

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♪ sweep across our feet ♪

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♪ when we were young. ♪

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♪ When we were young, we still believed in love. ♪

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♪ Had faith in all the problems the world slipped into our hands ♪

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♪ when we were young. ♪

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♪ Well, the sidewalks down on King Street ♪

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♪ where we knew every voice and face. ♪

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♪ We both knew our dreams ♪

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♪ were too big for that place. ♪

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♪ Our hearts on fire and restless. ♪

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♪ The open highway stretched into sun ♪

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♪ when we were young. ♪

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♪ When we were young, we still believed in love. ♪

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♪ Had faith in all the problems the world slipped into our hands ♪

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♪ when we were young. ♪

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[continues playing harmonica]

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♪ Well, it's 20 years down the road, now. ♪

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♪ Time has come and gone. ♪

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♪ Like a knife up in this steel trap, ♪

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♪ to rip into my flesh and bone. ♪

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♪ But your voice shines in like a light ♪

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♪ and you're still strong ♪

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♪ just like I remember. ♪

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♪ Just like I remember... ♪

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♪ when we were young. ♪

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♪ When we were young, we still believed in love. ♪

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♪ Had faith in all the problems the world slipped into our hands ♪

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♪ when we were young. ♪

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♪ When we were young, I still believed in love. ♪

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♪ Had faith in all the problems the world slipped into our hands ♪

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♪ when we were young. ♪

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[continues playing harmonica]

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Ryan Van Sickle
Find him on: Facebook/Amazon/iTunes
Video by Daniel Ely Rankin
Canon 7d/60d

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[audience clapping]