I tried to die young

Words and Music by Melanie Safka Schekeryk

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I tried to die young Boy did I try

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But the voice deep inside would not let me succumb
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And I laugh at the things that I’ve done When I tried to die young

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I took a plane through the dawn
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Threw myself on the tracks
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But the train didn’t come and I had to walk back
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I jumped into the whirlpool thought I get sucked in
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But I just kept spinning around ‘til I learned how to swim

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I tried to die young Boy, did I try

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But the voice deep inside would not let me succumb
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And I laugh at the things that I’ve done
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When I tried to die young

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And my heart kept on breaking And the crack sought the edge

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Where the hand of a shadow grabbed the hands in my head
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There were demons, I know them And they still come by

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But we’ve become friends, my demons and I

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Oh I tried to die young Boy did I try

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But the voice deep inside would not let me succumb
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And I laugh at the things that I’ve done
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When I tried to die young

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I took a razor to the wrist of reality
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Hell bent on my way toward futility
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I got a reason to believe that it won’t go on forever
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But reason to the heart is a message undelivered

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I tried to die young

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Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

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I tried to die young

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Now I’m the old girl I never thought I’d become
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Does it get any better asks the little girl in my song
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I’m still learning the answers so I make up things, you see
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She laughs, you’re still the same and you never kill me

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Oh I tried to die young Boy did I try

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But the voice deep inside would not let me succumb
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And I laugh, I laugh at the things I’ve done
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When I tried to die

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I laugh at the things I’ve done When I tried to die young

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Oh, I laugh at the things I’ve done When I tried to die young
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Now the voice deep inside would not let me succumb

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When I laugh at the things I’ve done When I tried to die young
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I tried to die young

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Now the voice deep inside would not let me succumb

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I tried to die young…

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