You are, the only exception When I was younger I saw my daddy cry And curse at the wind He broke his own heart And I watched As he tried to reassemble it And my momma swore That she would never let herself forget

I can feel it comin' in the air tonight, hold on I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, hold on, hold on Sometimes, sometimes you just know, you just know, that's all The best of y'all niggas remind me of myself when I was younger When it was

When I was younger You told me I should get my shit together You said life is a painting I told myself that I don't care I found some new innovations Might just be my imagination It might've been just a dream People can dream But all your colors always

You are the only exception When I was younger I saw my daddy cry And curse at the wind He broke his own heart As I watched As he tried to re-assemble it And my momma swore She would never let herself forget

Please help me mend my broken heart And let me live again How can you mend a broken heart? How can a loser ever win? La la la la la la, la la la la I can think of younger days When living for my life Was everything a man could want to do I could never

Mama look at me now Mama look at me now (hey) When I was younger no one ever could tell me How to live my life They called my mama just to tell her Well, mama look at me now Catch me waving from the sky in a brand new G-5 They said that kid was on slide,

Oh, Ophelia, heaven help a fool who falls in love Oh, Ophelia, you've been on my mind girl since the flood Oh, Ophelia, you've been on my mind girl like a drug Ah, ah when I was younger, I, I should have known better And I can't feel no remorse, and you

You, are, the only exception But, you, are, the only exception When I was younger I saw my daddy cry And cursed at the wind He broke his own heart And I watched As he tried to re-assemble it And my momma swore

I was younger than you are now When I was given my first command I led my men straight into a massacre I witnessed their deaths firsthand I made every mistake And felt the shame rise in me And even now I lie awake Knowing history has its eyes on me (whoa)

Be in my heart When we were younger We thought everyone was on our side Then we grew a little And romanticized the time I saw Flowers in your hair See it takes a boy to live Takes a man to pretend he was there So then we grew a little