ever since i was eight or nine.

i've been standing on the shoreline

all my life i've been waiting for something lasting



oh this town kills you when you are young

oh this town it kills you when you are young.



i'm not the boy that i used to be

this town has got the youth of me

all the eyes turn hollow

from the work of sorrow



you die young

you die when you're young

you die when you're young



we are shadows

oh, we're shadows

just shadows in the alley



standing on the paving

by the office building

there's so much to do

never time for you



you die young

you die when you're young

you die when you're young



we are shadows

oh, we're shadows

just shadows in the alley



i've got nothing

nothing to wait for

nothing to wait for



ooh



where is life in this town?

where is life in this town?