Castle on the Hill

When I was six years old I broke my leg

I was running from my brother and his friends

And tasted the sweet perfume of the mountain grass as 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

And I've not seen the roaring fields in so long,

I know I've grown

And I can't wait to go home

I'm on my way

Driving at 90 down those country lanes

Singing 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

Fifteen years old and smoking hand-rolled cigarettes

Running from the law in the backfields and getting drunk with my friends

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 to when...

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

One friend left to sell clothes,

One works down by the coast,

One had two kids but lives alone,

One's brother overdosed,

One's already on his second wife

One's just barely getting by

But these people raised me

And I can't wait to go home

I'm on my way,

Driving at 90 down those country lanes

Singing 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