My grandpa gave me a wheat penny and I kept it in my pocket
Had big plans in my backyard to build me a space rocket
Talked to my brother on a fake CB that I made from a tic-tac box
Packed my snowballs nice and tight and in the middle I put rocks

Don´t trade in your tic-tac box for a ball on the end of the chain
And don´t go spending grandpa´s pennies buying into the game
You gotta keep your heart young
Don´t go growin´ old before your time has come
You can´t take back what you have done
You gotta keep your heart young

Dad took the wheels off of my bike and he pushed me down a hill
But speed got the best of me and I took my first spill
That was back when alcohol was only used on cuts
Stung like hell so I jerked my leg and mama said it would give me guts

Don´t trade in your tic-tac box for a ball on the end of the chain
And don´t go spending grandpa´s pennies buying into the game
You gotta keep your heart young
Don´t go growing old before your time has come
You can´t take back what you have done
You gotta keep your heart young

So take a picture of the one you love and put it in a locket
Go dig up your time capsule and the blueprints for your rocket
Keep in touch on a fake CB and that same old tic-tac box
Pack your snowballs a little less tight but in the middle: still put rocks

And keep your heart young
Don´t go growing old before your time has come
You can´t take back what you have done
You gotta keep your heart young

You gotta keep your heart young
Sometimes you don´t die quick
Just like you wished you´d done
The love is a loaded gun
You´ve gotta keep your heart young
You can´t take back what you have done
You gotta keep your heart young