I saw a photograph From ten years back It's you and I, we're standing in the rain Somewhere outside Atlanta And I think my 12 seat van Is right there out of frame This was before I knew my way around Los Angeles Before I ever cared about nice neighborhoods We were driving through the night, sleeping on hotel floors And thinking that we had it good We were kids back then Thinking we would live forever We were kids back then... We were wild and free Taking on the world together We were kids back then... That's how we're always gonna be Ask an old friend on my timeline Who had lately been on my mind We were close as blood If we sat down for a drink I think we'd forget our Stupid reasons we lost touch It was just because We were kids back then Thinking we would live forever We were kids back then, you and me We were wild and free Taking on the world together We were kids back then... That's how we're always gonna be All you got to do is blink your eyes And the years go by like that They fly right past I don't want to wait to realize Everything that you and I Already had Five thirty in the morning And we're awake again You are holding baby Jane I lean in to take a picture When it hits me In 20 years I will look back and say We were kids back then Thinking we would live forever We were kids back then... We're so young and free Taking on the world together We were kids back then... That's how we're always gonna be We were kids back then Thinking we would live forever We were kids back then, you and me We were wild and free Taking on the world together We were kids back then... That's how we're always gonna be That's how we're always gonna be Oh, that's how we're always gonna be