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,

Closer to you Fly this girl as high as you can into the wild blue Set me free, oh, I pray Closer to heaven above and closer to you Cowboy take me away I said, I wanna touch the earth I wanna break it in my hands I wanna grow something wild and unruly Oh,

Taken away to the dark side I wanna be your left hand man I love you when you're singing that song and I got a lump in my throat because You're gonna sing the words wrong Lady, running down to the riptide Oh, and they come unstuck Oh lady, running down

If you'd have me I'd take you back again Don't leave you said to me And for a moment I feared I'd stay But your plea rang hollow so I quietly Walked away I can see you through the glass And I wonder was it done in vain Now I'd do anything To simply make

In the heat of the day down in Mobile Alabama Working on the railroad with the steel driving hammer I gotta get some money to buy some brand new shoes Tryin' to find somebody to take away these blues "She don't love me" hear them singing in the sun

Rain rings trash can bells And what do you know My alley becomes a cathedral Eyes can be archways To enter or leave by Vacuums replaced by a crystal Jesus don't let Toronto take my song away It's easy to love if You let yourself love it

Oh you take me to Nirvana I don't think this will last But you're here in my arms It's too late to run away from it all It's too late to get away from it all I'm done with running so I give in to you This moment has passed Hurry up, show resulting you

Oh Tokyo, Lived Shintaro Oh Tokyo, lived Shintaro Little koga ninjas tried to take him away But Shintaro he's not alone Got Koga ninjas of his own They help him in the fight Look out here come the samurai Gisha girls with silk and curls Giggle about this

I'll write your name Across the sky And take away the stars 'Cause you light up the night You as high as the moon When you're here with me That's why I'm gonna write your name For the world to see Another old name on the porch with the bottle

Tomorrow will take us away Far from home No one will ever know our names But the bards' songs will remain Now you all know The bards and their songs When hours have gone by I'll close my eyes