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I Was Just a Kid

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Joseph Langridge-Brown

Joseph Langridge-Brown

Guitar

James Price

Drums

Conor Mason

Vocals

Philip Blake

Bass Guitar

Dominic Craik

Programming

Mike Crossey

Programming

Jonathan Gilmore

Jonathan Gilmore

Programming

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Joseph Langridge-Brown

Joseph Langridge-Brown

Songwriter

Conor Mason

Songwriter

Dominic Craik

Songwriter

Julian Emery

Songwriter

Mike Crossey

Songwriter

Jim Irvin

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Dominic Craik

Additional Producer

Mike Crossey

Mixing Engineer

Jonathan Gilmore

Jonathan Gilmore

Engineer

Robin Schmidt

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I was just a kid

I needed answers

I found a screen

Promised adventure

[Verse 2]

Just as I thought

I had it all

I pulled the trigger

And nothing happened

[Verse 3]

I was in a dream

I was in heaven

I saw a god

I had a question

[Verse 4]

Opened my eyes

Fell out the sky

Tried to remember

But there was nothing

[Verse 5]

Then you gave me something

Something to believe in

Yeah, you gave me something

Something to believe in, oh

[Verse 6]

'Cause I was just a kid

I was just a kid

How'd it get like this?

[Verse 7]

And the story ends

But life goes on so

Like those before

And those to follow

[Verse 8]

Just when you thought

You knew it all

You find another

And then it happens

[Verse 9]

'Cause you gave me something

Something to believe in

Yeah, you gave me something

Something to believe in

[Verse 10]

'Cause I was just a kid

I was just a kid

'Cause I was just a kid

[Verse 11]

And you gave me something

Gave my life a meaning

Then you gave me something

Something to believe in

[Verse 12]

'Cause I want something to believe in

Yeah, I want something to believe in

Written by: Conor Mason, Dominic Craik, Jim Irvin, Joseph Langridge-Brown, Julian Emery, Mike Crossey

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