castle on the hill

(When I was six years old, I broke my leg I was runnin' from my brother and his friends)

When I was six years old, I broke my leg I was runnin' from my brother and his friends

(And tasted the sweet perfume of the mountain grass I rolled down I was younger then, take me back to when I)

And tasted the sweet perfume of the mountain grass I rolled down I was younger then, take me back to when I

(Found my heart and broke it here Made friends and lost them through the years)

Found my heart and broke it here Made friends and lost them through the years

(And I've not seen the roaring fields in so long, I know I've grown But I can't wait to go home)

And I've not seen the roaring fields in so long, I know I've grown But I can't wait to go home

(I'm on my way Drivin' at ninety down those country lanes)

I'm on my way Drivin' at ninety down those country lanes

(Singin' to "Tiny Dancer")

Singin' to "Tiny Dancer"

(And I miss the way you make me feel and it's real We watched the sunset over the castle on the hill)

And I miss the way you make me feel and it's real We watched the sunset over the castle on the hill

(Fifteen years old and smoking hand-rolled cigarettes Runnin' from the law through the backfields and gettin')

Fifteen years old and smoking hand-rolled cigarettes Runnin' from the law through the backfields and gettin'

(Had my first kiss on a Friday night, I don't reckon that I did it right But I was younger then, take me back)

Had my first kiss on a Friday night, I don't reckon that I did it right But I was younger then, take me back

(We found weekend jobs, when we got paid We'd buy cheap spirits and drink them straight)

We found weekend jobs, when we got paid We'd buy cheap spirits and drink them straight

(Me and my friends have not thrown up in so long, oh, how we've grown But I can't wait to go home)

Me and my friends have not thrown up in so long, oh, how we've grown But I can't wait to go home

(I'm on my way Drivin' at ninety down those country lanes)

I'm on my way Drivin' at ninety down those country lanes

(Singin' to "Tiny Dancer")

Singin' to "Tiny Dancer"

(And I miss the way you make me feel and it's real We watched the sunset over the castle on the hill)

And I miss the way you make me feel and it's real We watched the sunset over the castle on the hill

(Over the castle on the hill Over the castle on the hill)

Over the castle on the hill Over the castle on the hill

(One friend left to sell clothes One works down by the coast)

One friend left to sell clothes One works down by the coast

(One had two kids but lives alone One's brother overdosed)

One had two kids but lives alone One's brother overdosed

(One's already on his second wife One's just barely gettin' by)

One's already on his second wife One's just barely gettin' by

(But these people raised me And I can't wait to go home)

But these people raised me And I can't wait to go home

(And I'm on my way, I still remember These old country lanes)

And I'm on my way, I still remember These old country lanes

(When we did not know the answers)

When we did not know the answers

(And I miss the way you make me feel and it's real We watched the sunset over the castle on the hill)

And I miss the way you make me feel and it's real We watched the sunset over the castle on the hill

(Over the castle on the hill Over the castle on the hill)

Over the castle on the hill Over the castle on the hill