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The Milk Carton Kids
All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn’t Do
Younger Years

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The Milk Carton Kids

Younger Years

Release date: 29th June 2018

From All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn’t Do

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About This Track

"Younger Years" is a track by The Milk Carton Kids, from the album All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn’t Do, released 29th June 2018. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

The Milk Carton Kids

The Milk Carton Kids

Lyrics

Younger Years

[Verse 1]

Above the plains of Omaha

I think of all the sufferin' I saw

The soakin' of the pavement

Sprawled upon a land without a law

Everythin' I loved, everythin' I found what I hoped for

Frightened and surrounded

Who else is there to turn to anymore?

[Chorus]

Oh I held out my arms

Oh I held out my arms

Held out my arms

[Verse 2]

There was a time I spoke the truth

But my younger years were wasted on my youth

Somewhere I awakened

With a crack to a poundin' on the roof

Sure I heard the sound

As evidence, or better yet as proof

I was naked as the day I was born

'Neath the fullness of the moon

[Chorus]

Oh I held out my arms

Oh I held out my arms

Held out my arms

[Bridge]

Far away I hear singin'

Far away a song

[Verse 3]

The blinding light of morning came

Flooding through the window like a friend

Like a wild revelation

Like a shining invitation to attend

Spoken as a prayer

Unbroken by despair I make amends

The love inside our hearts

Is the only kind of savior we've been sent

[Chorus]

Oh I held out my arms

Oh I held out my arms

Held out my arms

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Track details

From All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn’t Do

2018

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Album

All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn’t Do

The Milk Carton Kids

Release year

2018

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The Milk Carton Kids — Blinded and Smiling (from Lost Cause Lover Fool)
The Milk Carton Kids — Young Love (from Lost Cause Lover Fool)
The Milk Carton Kids — Blue Water (from Lost Cause Lover Fool) [3:09]
The Milk Carton Kids — Sad Song (from Lost Cause Lover Fool)
The Milk Carton Kids — Lost Cause Lover Fool (from Lost Cause Lover Fool)
The Milk Carton Kids — My Place Among the Stones (from Lost Cause Lover Fool)
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The Milk Carton Kids — The Christmas Song
The Milk Carton Kids — Ribbon (from Lost Cause Lover Fool) [3:57]
The Milk Carton Kids — The First Noel
The Milk Carton Kids — God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
The Milk Carton Kids — I Only See The Moon
The Milk Carton Kids — North Country Ride
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The Milk Carton Kids — My Name is Ana
The Milk Carton Kids — As the Moon Starts to Rise
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Deadly Bells
Freedom
Getaway
High Hopes
Losing Battles (acoustic)
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New York Lonely Boy
Poison Tree
Shooting Shadows

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—One More for the Road

—Nothing Is Real

—You Break My Heart

—Younger Years

—Unwinnable War

—All the Things…

—Mourning in America

Credits

Writer: Joey Ryan, Kenneth Pattengale
Producer: Joe Henry