Once I was a very young man, and very young men are none too clever
Sailed across to faraway lands
And faraway towns of tin and terror
Ran amok in a strip called love
Lost my mind in streets of Neon
Now I'm coming on back (huh)
Help me up move right, left foot forward

Oh we've had a merry old time, but merry old times don’t count for nothin'
Cocaine, song and women and wine
Memories, blood, and I make me shudder
Bed in the morning, eight, four, five, couple of days to get my head off

Now I’m coming on back (huh)
Help me up move right left foot forward
To go go go go go go go go
I’m troubled by go go go go go go ghosts in heaven

Far below the shiniest stars, shiniest stars won’t shine forever
Take your soul and you can go far
If you don’t fall from grace or favor
Go the ways of those who star
You can take now and I’ll take never

Now I'm coming on back (huh)
Help me up move right left foot forward
To go go go go go go go go
I’m troubled by go go go go go go go ghosts in heaven
Go go go go go go go go
I’m troubled by go go go go go go go ghosts in heaven

Soon I’ll be a very old man, and very old men they dream of summers
Spent with those in faraway clans
While hometown crowds sing hymns of courage
Ran amok in a strip called love
Lost my mind in streets of Neon
Now I'm coming on home (huh)
Help me up move right left foot forward