[Verse 1]
We were tight-knit boys, brothers in more than name
You would kill for me and knew I'd do the same
And it cut me sharp, hearing you'd gone away
But everything goes away, yeah, everything goes away
But I'm gonna be here 'til I'm nothing but bones in the ground

[Chorus]
And I was there when you grew restless (Ooh)
And left in the dead of night (Ooh)
And I was there when three months later (Ooh)
You were standin' (Ooh) in the door, all beaten and tired
And I stepped aside
Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh

[Post-Chorus]
Everything goes away, yeah, everything goes away
But I'm gonna be here 'til I'm nothing but bones in the ground
So quiet down

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 2]
We were opposites at birth, I was steady as a hammer
And no one worried 'cause they knew just where I'd be
And they said you were the crooked kind
That you would never have no worth, but you were always gold to me
And back when we were kids, we swore we knew the future
And our woods would take us halfway 'round the world
But I never left this town, and you never saw New York
And we ain't never crossed the sea
[Chorus]
But I am fine with where I am now (Ooh)
This home is home and all that I need (Ooh)
But for you, this place is shame (Ooh)
But you can blame me when there's no one else to blame (Ooh)
Oh, I don't mind
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh (Ooh)
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh (Ooh)
Ah-ah, ah-ah (Ooh)

[Outro]
Well all my life, I've never known where you've been
There were holes in you, the kind that I could not mend
And I heard you say, right when you left that day
"Does everything goes away?" Yeah everything goes away
But I'm gonna be here 'til forever, so I'm just call when you're around