Castle on the Hill

When I was six years old I broke my leg
I was running from my brother and his friends
And tasted the sweet perfume of the mountain grass I rolled down
I was younger then, take me back to when I
Found my heart and broke it here
Made friends and lost them through the years
And I've not seen the roaring fields in so long, I know I've grown
But I can't wait to go home and I'm on my way
Driving at ninety down those country lanes
Singing to "Tiny Dancer" and I miss the way you make
Me feel, it's real, we watched the sunset
Over the castle on the hill

Fifteen years old and smoking hand-rolled cigarettes
Running from the law through the backfields and getting drunk with my friends
Had my first kiss on a Friday night, I don't reckon that I did it right
But I was younger then, take me back to when
We found weekend jobs, when we got paid
We'd buy cheap spirits and drink them straight
Me and my friends have not thrown up in so long, oh how we've grown
I can't wait to go home and I'm on my way
Driving at ninety down those country lanes
Singing to "Tiny Dancer" and I miss the way you make
Me feel, it's real, we watched the sunset
Over the castle on the hill
Over the castle on the hill
Over the castle on the hill

One friend left to sell clothes
One works down by the coast
One had two kids but lives alone
One's brother overdosed
One's already on his second wife
One's just barely getting by
These people raised me and I can't wait to go home
And I'm on my way
I still remember this old country lanes
Singing to "Tiny Dancer" and I miss the way
You make me feel, it's real
We watched the sunset over the castle on the hill
Over the castle on the hill
Over the castle on the hill