[Verse 1]
Wild things talk, filthy reservoir
Today you are twenty-one, twenty-one
This car's uninsured, I think it still knows how
To run down to Savannah, Georgia
No sisters who came before ya
Were so true, and all the world going dark
And changing around you

[Verse 2]
Someone we love hitched a ride to
Minneapolis, it aged him too soon
Someone I never told you I turned my back on
Now I think she hates me, hates me, oh
To be a child again, and easily forgiven!
But I've done my fair share to
Weaken the envied innocent

[Chorus]
At least with you, I got to be young and happy
With you, I got to be young and happy
Now to think of all the strangers I followed
My hands empty, with you...

[Verse 3]
Then the day came
When I had to tell you a lie
It was to protect you
And that's another lie
In Savannah, Georgia, tired specters
Stretch their arms- couldn't you stay
If you looked the other way?
[Chorus]
At least with you, I got to be young and happy
With you, I got to be young and happy
Now to think of all the strangers I followed
My hands empty, with you...

[Outro]
With you, I got to be young and happy...