Whoa, looking back at public school, reading Playboy magazines
Insisting that the articles were the only thing we'd read
Thinking then that love was meant to conquer
And if a girl said she liked you then you'd bonk her
Don't you try and lay that much on me
Looking back at high school, getting drunk for the local dance
Lonely boys and nervous girls grappling with romance
Thinking then that love meant something frightening
A sudden end as brutal as bolts of lightning
Don't know what it was but it scared me
From one-night stands to wedding bands
To struggling to stay free
Watching time move faster
As we hold on helplessly
As love smolders, waiting to be tamed
We grow older, staying much the same
Whoa, looking back at college life seemed like such a compromise
Unsure of my direction, using brains as my disguise
Thinking then that love meant to remember
You only felt its warmth when you surrendered
Don't know what it was but it scared me
From one-night stands to wedding bands
To struggling to stay free
Watching time move faster
As we hold on helplessly
As love smolders, waiting to be tamed
We grow older, staying much the same
As love smolders, waiting to be tamed
We grow older, staying much the same