You can't take my youth away This soul of mine will never break As long as I wake up today Pain, but I won't let it turn into hate No, I won't let it change me Here I am, stuck on this couch Scrolling through my notes Heart was broken, still not growing,

When we were outlaws Outlaws, when we were forever young We're outlaws of redemption, baby We destroyed suburbia I'll plead my innocence Life after youth Faded in twilight The dawn of a criminal in bloom

Here comes the danger Here comes trouble Welcome the rasta youths Left, right, Jah soldiers a come Sent by the savior welcome the rasta youths I an I a start recruit soldiers fi Selassie-I army Welcome the savior You no haffi ask is who A the general

Come let go Come the tidal, come the tide out again Come my brother, come slowly Come easy my friend, come my friend Come my sister, come easy Come busy on me, the youth can depend Come my brother put your hands up Take your heart out, let go, come let go

Hangman we played rubber soul with a razor blade Behind the church, hiding place, It was a long joke till the punch line came. Can you read my mind, read my mind Follow along to the end of the song Hangman we played double dutch with a hand grenade

Nobody move, nobody get hurt He said he want me to join the army No way, I ain't gonna do it Natty don't nyam dirt The youth them just a dress up in a white collar shirt And some of them wear it till it resemble dirt Turn out your left pocket A searching

Never let I fail To live out the greater part of my days Give I strength Jah Jah give I strength Jah give I strength Teach the youths them right in the way they should grow Joy is a stream constantly flow And I don't want to be unhappy Let me live till

Blame it on my youth You were my adored one Then you became the bored one I was like a toy That brought you joy one day A broken toy That you preferred to throw away If I expected love When we first kissed

Blame it on my youth. If I expected love when first we kissed, If only just for you I did exist, I believed in everything, Like a child of three. You meant more than anything, All the world to me. If you were on my mind both night and day, If I forgot to

The past is dead. I walk the funeral march and I will make my peace. There's parts of me that are lost forever. At least we're all lost together. I'll show you my hurt and I'll show you my heart. A life lost in the dark. Our skin, it shows, these