Every kid just wants to turn 18
Get into a bar,
drive their own car and make sure everybody sees
I was counting down the days till I could leave this town
But thinking about it now I was so afraid of settling
Always looking for the next best thing I tried to get away
Thinking if I stayed I'd end up ordinary
Always aimed at moving targets But the thing that hits the hardest
Is the time that you miss When you're busy chasing a ten-year dream
Turns out the moments that don't
seem to matter Are the ones that will
And if I could go back
I'd just stand still
I took my shot and I got my city lights
Spent a lot of years and tears trying to get
it right I miss barbecues and nights with you and coffee
After church But really what's it worth?
I was so afraid of settling Always looking
for the next best thing I tried to get away
Thinking if I stayed I'd end up ordinary Always
aimed at moving targets But the thing that
hits the hardest Is the time that you miss
When you're busy chasing a ten-year dream
Turns out the moments that don't
seem to matter Are the ones that will
And if I could go back
I'd just stand still
Before you know it your parents have gotten old
The dog's moving slower and the neighbor's house is sold
Time moves on and people change While you're busy making plans
And you're waiting for the next best thing
I tried to get away Thinking if I stayed I'd
end up ordinary Always aimed at moving targets
But the thing that hits the hardest Is the time that you miss
When you're busy chasing a ten-year dream
Turns out the moments that don't seem to matter
Are the ones that will
And if I could go back
Oh, if I could go back I'd just stand still