When I Wanted Everything

Verse 1
CI Used To Stare Out At The School Bus
GLike It Was Some Holy, Yellow Train,
AmPromised It Would Take Me Somewhere
FPast The Edges Of My Small-Town Brain.

CWatched My Brother Smoke Behind The Shed,
GThought Dirtbag Meant Free Instead Of Lost,
AmAnd My Sister With Her Thrift-Store Magic
FMade Growing Up Look Worth The Cost.

Pre‑Chorus
AmI Wanted Every Chapter
GBefore I Learned To Read,
FWanted Life To Open Early
CLike It Owed Itself To Me.

Chorus
CI Wanted Driving, Wanted Heartbreak,
GWanted Jobs And Late-Night Fights,
AmWanted Wisdom Like A Shortcut
FTo The Map Of Being Alive.

CBut I Ran So Fast Toward Living
GThat I Tripped Over My Youth,
AmAnd The World Felt So Much Bigger
FWhen I Finally Told The Truth—

AmI Didn’t Know What Growing Up Meant,
GJust Thought It Sounded Brave,
FAnd I Wanted Everything At Once
CBefore I Knew What It Would Take.

Verse 2
CI Used To Mimic Every Adult
GLike Their Shadows Fit My Skin,
AmThought Learning Life Was Just A Checklist
FOf The Places I Could Begin.

CBut School Was Just Confusion,
GAnd Driving Felt Like Fear,
AmAnd Jobs Were Just The Quiet Proof
FThat Childhood Disappears.

Pre‑Chorus
AmI Wanted Every Answer
GBefore I Knew The Pain,
FWanted Life To Feel Like Magic
CInstead Of Weather In My Veins.

Chorus
CI Wanted Driving, Wanted Heartbreak,
GWanted Jobs And Late-Night Fights,
AmWanted Wisdom Like A Shortcut
FTo The Map Of Being Alive.

CBut I Ran So Fast Toward Living
GThat I Tripped Over My Youth,
AmAnd The World Felt So Much Bigger
FWhen I Finally Told The Truth—

AmI Didn’t Know What Growing Up Meant,
GJust Thought It Sounded Brave,
FAnd I Wanted Everything At Once
CBefore I Knew What It Would Take.

Bridge
AmMaybe Childhood Is A Promise
GThat Adulthood Can’t Keep,
FMaybe Learning Life Is Mostly
CJust The Falling And The Leap.

AmBut I Still Chase The Feeling
GOf That Bright, Unbroken Sky—
FWhen I Thought The World Was Waiting
CAnd I Only Had To Try.

Final Chorus
CI Wanted Driving, Wanted Heartbreak,
GWanted Jobs And Late-Night Fights,
AmWanted Wisdom Like A Shortcut
FTo The Map Of Being Alive.

CNow I’m Older, Still I’m Learning
GHow To Carry What I’ve Seen,
AmAnd I Miss The Kid Who Wanted Life
FLike It Was Something He Could Clean.

AmI Didn’t Know What Growing Up Meant,
GBut I’m Trying Not To Break—
F’Cause Wanting Everything At Once
CIs How You Learn What’s Yours To Take.