Lessons on a railroad track
And for a peny you can ride
Watch it change before your eyes
As you wave goodbye
A failure in an unmarked grave
With a photo I tried to save
It might say a million words
But none of them are true

Holding on to nothing
Is all I used to do, and saying

That I gotta get out of here
And I don't care if it takes all night
It might take a hundred years
So I won't die young

What you take from pain is victory
And a compliment to tragedy
Watch it fade, and drive away
From the wreckage of your life
'Cause there's a knife and fingerprints
A "sorry" letter she never sent
It probably says a million things
But none of them are true

And holding on to something
Is all she'll ever do, and saying

That I gotta get out of here
And I don't care if it takes all night
It probably takes a hundred years
So I won't die young

Man, I gotta get out of here
I don't care if I drive all night
It might take a million years
So I won't die young on this lonesome run

So pay respects to where you've been
If you look ahead it's easier to see

That we gotta get out of here
And I don't care if it takes all night
It might take a million years
Se we won't die young

We all gotta get out of here
We shouldn't care if it takes our lives
It might take a million years if we never try
We might as well die young

We might as well die young