We Did It When We Were Young

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 liars, 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

And I don't feel you or recall

I 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 liars, 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