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G
I wanna say it like Simon would
C7/G
'Cause I was listening this morning
G
On my own thinking if I could
C7/G
I'd be Kathy and make this bus a greyhound
Em D
And this sun would always stay down
C
And there would be so much time for us
D/A
Time for us
G C7/G
My hand's out, I wanna throw my cards now
G
Making your name our hometown
But all my trains are here
G
Please don't be worried
Em D
No doubt I'll find you in our old crowd
C D/A
So many things to say if you stay
G
So stay young
I know that I'm talking too much
C7/G
And I'll get nowhere tryna do it at once
G
But oh my God, I wanna be someone
Em
So stay young
With me, 'cause I hope that it's you
D
That I'll break my back tryna run home to
C D/A
Because oh my God, I want you to be the one
G
So stay young
C7/G
Oh-oh-woah-oh
G
Oh, stay young
C7/G
Oh, woah
G
I wanna say it like Simon would
C7/G
I wanna make my mother feel things
G
I wanna have the marching band
Em
But right now it's just me and steel strings, lonely
D
So when I miss you it is slowly
C
'Cause I'm doing good here mostly on my own
D/A
Mostly on my own
G C7/G
My hands out, I wanna throw my cards now
G
Making your name our hometown
But all my trains are here
G
Please don't be worried
Em D
No doubt I'll found you in our old crowd
C
So many things to say if you stay
G
So stay young
I know that I'm talking too much
C7/G
And I'll get nowhere tryna do it at once
G
But oh my God, I wanna be someone
Em
So stay young
With me, 'cause I hope that it's you
D
That I'll break my back tryna run home to
C D/A
Because oh my God, I want you to be the one
G
So stay young
C7/G
Oh-oh-woah-oh
G
Oh, stay young
C7/G
Oh, woah
Em
(Stay young)
Em
And I promise I care
B/D#
I know it's hard, know that I'm never there
G/D A7/C#
But call me from the bathroom when you're low
C
We'll stay young until we wanna be old
G
Electric blankets so we're never cold
C D
'Cause you have always been my ticket home
G
And we stayed young
G
So stay young
I know that I'm talking too much
C7/G
And I'll get nowhere tryna do it at once
G
But oh my God, I wanna be someone
Em
So stay young
With me, 'cause I hope that it's you
D
That I'll break my back tryna run home to
C D/A
Because oh my God, I want you to be the one
G
So stay young
Final
C7/G
Oh-oh-woah-oh
G
Oh, stay young
C7/G
Oh, woah
Em
Oh, stay young
D
Oh-oh-woah-oh
C
(Stay young)
D/A
Oh, oh, oh
Just stay young
Written by Samuel Elliot Roman / Maisie Peters