'Cause we go way back Some things don't ever change Yeah, you and me Like Prince and Marvin Gaye Like South Side on Sunday James Brown and Michael J Like them high school parties We go way back Don't you ever think

Bite my lip and close my eyes Take me away to paradise I'm so damn bored, I'm going blind And I smell like shit I sit around and watch the tube but, nothing's on I change the channels for an hour or two Twiddle my thumbs just for a bit I'm sick of all

Maybe it's time to let the old ways die Nobody knows what awaits for the dead Nobody speaks to God these days It takes a lot to change a man Hell, it takes a lot to try Some folks just believe in the things they've heard And the things they read I'm glad

I don't want you to cry, I don't even want you to care Don't you dare, pray for me, no There's things I bury inside, to keep away from the light Don't you dare, pray for me You're fucking crazy, if you think that I'll ever change I am mine, I am me, I'll

Always wanna die And I always wanna die sometimes I always wanna die sometimes I always wanna die I bet you thought your life would change But you're sat on a train again Your memories are sceneries For things you said but never really meant

And I'm staring down the barrel of a 45 Swimming through the ashes of another life No real reason to accept the way things have changed Staring down the barrel of a 45 What ever happened to the young man's heart? Swallowed by pain, as he slowly fell

Been this way for a long long while Can you teach an old dog new tricks? You can't teach an old dog You can't teach Maybe I need to change my style Maybe there's a few things I ought to fix. You can't teach an old dog new tricks. There must be something

A little more than life's been wasted Since you went away, nothing's changed We stick together, it won't last forever So why is there so much pain? I can't explain This war I fought without you It's all in my head, well step aside And succumb

I will be there, I will be there I'm still loving you I need your love If we'd go again All the way from the start I would try to change Things that killed our love To win back your love again Love, only love

Four strong winds that blow lonely, seven seas that run high All those things that don't change, come what may I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way. Still I wish you'd change your mind, If I asked you one more time If the good times are all gone,