Little child Runnin' wild Watch a while You see he never smiles Broken home Father gone Mama tired So he's all alone Kind of sad Kind of mad Ghetto child Thinkin' he's been had In the back of his mind he's sayin' Didn't have to be here You didn't have to love for me While I was just a nothin' child Why couldn't they just let me be Let me be, let me be, let me be One room shack On the alley-back Control, I'm told From across the track Where is the mayor Who'll make all things fair He lives outside Our polluted air And I didn't have to be here You didn't have to love for me While I was just a nothin' child Why couldn't they just let me be Let me be, let me be, let me be I got a jones Runnin' through ma' bones I'm sorry son All your money's gone Painful rip In my upper hip I guess it's time To take another trip Don't care what nobody say I got to take the pain away It's getting worser day by day And all my life has been this way Can't reason with the pusherman Finance is all that he understands 'You junkie, mama cries, you know' Would rip her, but I love her so Love her so, now...

I love being high I'm not gonna lie I know I will die We all gonna fly We all gonna die Be calm for a while Show me your smile Just for a while I know I'll be fine I don't wanna die Baby come here Just one more night Just one more time I'm feeling alive One last ride I love being high I'm not gonna lie I know I will die We all gonna fly We all gonna die Be calm for a while Show me your smile Just for a while I know I'll be fine I don't wanna die Baby come here Just one more night Just one more time I'm feeling alive One last ride I love being high I'm not gonna lie I know I will die We all gonna fly We all gonna die Be calm for a while Show me your smile Just for a while I know I'll be fine I don't wanna die Baby come here Just one more night Just one more time I'm feeling alive One last ride My time running out I'll figure shit out All on my own I won't let me down I know that you want My body on you Covered in tatts So depressed Which girl's next I'm not her boy Just her guest Smoking the gas I'm on a quest To find happiness (To find happiness) I know that I will try Your texts are fucking dry Let's get fucking high And tell me all your lies What's up in your mind I do not get your vibe (I do not get your vibe) I love being high I'm not gonna lie I know I will die We all gonna fly We all gonna die Be calm for a while Show me your smile Just for a while I know I'll be fine I don't wanna die Baby come here Just one more night Just one more time I'm feeling alive One last ride I love being high I'm not gonna lie I know I will die We all gonna fly We all gonna die Be calm for a while Show me your smile Just for a while I know I'll be fine I don't wanna die Baby come here Just one more night Just one more time I'm feeling alive One last ride

She packed her bags and left for Hollywood To be the star I knew she could She's been saving up for quite some time Workin' down at that five-and-dime We said goodbye on a warm spring night I just stood there and watched those fading taillights 'Cause you can hold your own Against anybody I know And stand right up to any man And it's not that I'm afraid You won't come back to me some day It's just will this life be as grand? I heard she found a place and settled in Found some work and made some friends And well there ain't much changed 'round here I just drive my truck down to gеt some beer 'Cause you can hold your own Against anybody I know And stand right up to any man And it's not that I'm afraid You won't come back to mе some day It's just will this life be as grand? And if you need a place to hide away If those city dreams ever start to fray And if the busy sounds ever bring you down You can find me in a small town And girl I really do wish you the best And I hope you find your happiness And if you ever change your mind You'll find that I been waiting here all the time 'Cause you can hold your own Against anybody I know And stand right up to any man And it's not that I'm afraid You won't come back to me some day It's just will this life be as grand? And it's just will this life be as grand?