[Verse 1]
Ever since I was eight or nine
I've been standing on the shoreline
Always waiting
For something lasting
Lose your hunger, you lose your way
Get confused and you fade away

[Chorus]
Oh this town
Kills you when you are young
Oh this town
Kills you when you are young

[Verse 2]
I'm not the boy I used to be
This town has got the youth of me
All eyes turn hollow
From the work of sorrow

[Verse 3]
Standing on the paving
By the office building
They've got so much to do
Never time for you
[Bridge]
We are shadows
Oh we're shadows
Shadows in the alley

[Outro]
You die when you're young
You die when you're young
You die when you're young