Hey, kid, I'm sorry 'bout the way it might go Heartbreak down every road Fool's gold, round every turn And all the pages waiting for you to burn Hey, kid, if I could do it over again I'd try to change the way that it went Save you from all of the pain And every bad link holding the chain Hey, kid, I know you didn't ask for this On that tenth birthday candle wish Innocent nights and that sugar high From a slice of American pie Hey, kid, I know you didn't ask for this But if you hang on tight you might get your wish Travel the world, meet a girl, make a home And have a love that you call your own Hey, kid Hey, kid Hey, kid Hey, kid It's alright I promise if you follow your tracks It'll make sense when you can look back And see how they took you, it shook you The world might crack yeah but you're gonna get through Hey, kid, I know you didn't ask for this But you were young and wild with nobody to miss. Innocent nights and that sugar high From a slice of that American Pie Hey, kid, I know you didn't ask for this But if you hang on tight, you might get your wish Travel the world, meet a girl, make a home And have a love that you call your own Hey, kid Hey, kid Hey, kid Hey, kid Hey, kid, when we get that old radio to play It'll take you away from this place You're gonna be alright some day You gonna be alright Hey, kid, I know you didn't ask for this Young and wild with nobody to miss Innocent nights and that sugar high Slice of that American Pie (American Pie) Hey, kid, I know you didn't ask for this But if you hang on tight, you might get your wish (Get your wish) Travel the world, meet a girl, make a home (Home) And have a love that you call your own (A love that you call your own) Hey, kid Hey, kid (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Hey, kid Hey, kid (Oh yeah, yeah, yeah) Hey, kid, we get that old radio to play It'll take you away from this place You're gonna be alright some day You're gonna be alright