Cheap brown whiskey on the counter Scrounging for a pack of camel lights Fresh ID for the bouncer On a Friday night Stealing hearts like you're some kinda desperado Talking up your stories to your friends When you're done sleeping in all morning You're gonna do it all again When you're young you think you're young forever Out living wild and free that's how it's supposed to be yeah You got the rest of your life get your shit together Yea so light up the nights Have your day in the sun Cause you only live once And you can't always be 21 Now the good times are just bad habits When you see goodbye in her eyes You're pushing 35, still getting high school high You don't realize how fast it goes by When you're young you think you're young forever Out living wild and free that's how it's supposed to be yeah Now you're running out of time to get your shit together Cause every candle burns out When it's all said and done You can try all you want But you can't always be 21 When you're young you think you're young forever Out living wild and free that's how it's supposed to be yeah Ooh now's the time to get your shit together Yea you lit up the nights Had your day in the sun Thinking damn that was fun But you can't always be 21 Oh yea you can't always be 21