Nobody Tells You When You're Young

[Verse 1]

The clouds hung over Georgia

Like a widowed brand new bride

The air was cursed with spring in bloom

So you just stayed inside

When you ran here from New Jersey

You were no more than a child

Your father was a criminal

He stole your mother's smile

[Chorus]

The things nobody tells you when you’re young

That the day's can leave you wanting

And that the past can be a haunted house of mirrors

Nobody tells you when you're young

That the cops cannot be trusted

That somе hearts like cars just rust out in the rain for yеars

Nobody tells you when you’re young

[Verse 2]

And Athens was a ghost town

When they rang your wedding bells

And you moved into that little house

Outside of Wintersville

And those first years, they were perfect

Yeah, you had a little girl

Everything they never gave to you

You swore you'd give to her

[Chorus]

The things nobody tells you when you're young

That love is complicated

And that some days you'll think you've made it just to lose

Nobody tells you when you're young

That time is not a straight track

It's a forest with no map, you're walking with no shoes

Nobody tells you when you’re young

[Bridge]

Now you’re a little older

And you feigned captivity

No, they never boxed you in

But it's still hard to believe

[Outro]

The things nobody tells you when you’re young

How some friends will become strangers

And that there is no greater danger than to live in fear

Nobody tells you when you're young

'Cause a rebel heart won't listen

But to grow, you must go missing, just don’t disappear

The wisdom's in the living, not the years

Nobody tells you when you're young