We'd meet up at the park after school
Hoping that we'd never get caught
Riding bikes down the empty streets
Dreaming big with all we got
The summer days were never long enough
Hiding out in our secret spots
Laughter echoed through the midnight air
Those were the days we forgot
Now the days are slipping through my hands
Can't believe how fast they go
But I see your face in every crowd
In the places we used to know
I drive past the old diner on the edge
Where we used to talk till dawn
And I swear I hear your voice again
In every song that's on
Time's a thief that steals our youth
But the echoes stay with me
Oh, we were so young, so wild and free
Those days are gone but they're not lost to me
In the echoes of our laughter, I still see
The ghosts of who we used to be
Yeah, we were so young, so wild and free
Those days are gone but they're not lost to me
In the echoes of our laughter, I still see
The ghosts of who we used to be
Every photograph's a memory
A frozen moment in a summer breeze
We built a world with our own hands
Now those memories are all I have
If I could go back just for one day
I'd trade it all to hear you say
"Let's go back to where we used to be"
And relive all those memories
Oh, we were so young, so wild and free
Those days are gone but they're not lost to me
In the echoes of our laughter, I still see
The ghosts of who we used to be
Yeah, we were so young, so wild and free
Those days are gone but they're not lost to me
In the echoes of our laughter, I still see
The ghosts of who we used to be