Bob Seger — I Knew You When

[Verse 1] In the ancient middle fifties The closing sixties roar I was caught up in your passion I could only beg for more And if I had a dollar bill I'd give it to you then So I could tell the whole wide world One day I knew you when [Verse 2] With your dangerous charisma Your thundering attack You charged the very air I breathed And kept me coming back You helped me through my darkest hours You always were my friend You gave me hope to carry on Because I knew you when [Bridge] I knew you when the mountain tops Were right beneath your feet When artistry and freedom were complete Before you were an icon Before they all tuned in You could say I knew you when [Verse 3] We all sit here with our memories Of a glorious long ago When our heroes seemed immortal Were they really so? It's a question for a wiser man I will not ask again I will only say I'm grateful For the time I knew you when I knew you when (I knew you when) Oh, I knew you when I knew you when (I knew you when) Yeah I knew you when [Outro] I knew you when (I knew you when) I knew you when (I knew you when) Yeah I knew you when