When I Wanted Everything

Verse 1
GI Used To Stare Out At The School Bus
DLike It Was Some Holy, Yellow Train,
EmPromised It Would Take Me Somewhere
CPast The Edges Of My Small-Town Brain.

GWatched My Brother Smoke Behind The Shed,
DThought Dirtbag Meant Free Instead Of Lost,
EmAnd My Sister With Her Thrift-Store Magic
CMade Growing Up Look Worth The Cost.

Pre‑Chorus
EmI Wanted Every Chapter
DBefore I Learned To Read,
CWanted Life To Open Early
GLike It Owed Itself To Me.

Chorus
GI Wanted Driving, Wanted Heartbreak,
DWanted Jobs And Late-Night Fights,
EmWanted Wisdom Like A Shortcut
CTo The Map Of Being Alive.

GBut I Ran So Fast Toward Living
DThat I Tripped Over My Youth,
EmAnd The World Felt So Much Bigger
CWhen I Finally Told The Truth—

EmI Didn’t Know What Growing Up Meant,
DJust Thought It Sounded Brave,
CAnd I Wanted Everything At Once
GBefore I Knew What It Would Take.

Verse 2
GI Used To Mimic Every Adult
DLike Their Shadows Fit My Skin,
EmThought Learning Life Was Just A Checklist
COf The Places I Could Begin.

GBut School Was Just Confusion,
DAnd Driving Felt Like Fear,
EmAnd Jobs Were Just The Quiet Proof
CThat Childhood Disappears.

Pre‑Chorus
EmI Wanted Every Answer
DBefore I Knew The Pain,
CWanted Life To Feel Like Magic
GInstead Of Weather In My Veins.

Chorus
GI Wanted Driving, Wanted Heartbreak,
DWanted Jobs And Late-Night Fights,
EmWanted Wisdom Like A Shortcut
CTo The Map Of Being Alive.

GBut I Ran So Fast Toward Living
DThat I Tripped Over My Youth,
EmAnd The World Felt So Much Bigger
CWhen I Finally Told The Truth—

EmI Didn’t Know What Growing Up Meant,
DJust Thought It Sounded Brave,
CAnd I Wanted Everything At Once
GBefore I Knew What It Would Take.

Bridge
EmMaybe Childhood Is A Promise
DThat Adulthood Can’t Keep,
CMaybe Learning Life Is Mostly
GJust The Falling And The Leap.

EmBut I Still Chase The Feeling
DOf That Bright, Unbroken Sky—
CWhen I Thought The World Was Waiting
GAnd I Only Had To Try.

Final Chorus
GI Wanted Driving, Wanted Heartbreak,
DWanted Jobs And Late-Night Fights,
EmWanted Wisdom Like A Shortcut
CTo The Map Of Being Alive.

GNow I’m Older, Still I’m Learning
DHow To Carry What I’ve Seen,
EmAnd I Miss The Kid Who Wanted Life
CLike It Was Something He Could Clean.

EmI Didn’t Know What Growing Up Meant,
DBut I’m Trying Not To Break—
C’Cause Wanting Everything At Once
GIs How You Learn What’s Yours To Take.