I tried to die young, really I tried
But the voice deep inside would not let me succumb
I laugh at the things that I've done
When I tried to die young
I took a plane through the dawn, threw myself on the tracks
But the train didn't come and I had to walk back
I jumped into the whirlpool, thought I'd get sucked in
I just kept spinning around 'til I learned how to swim and I
Tried to die young, boy, did I try
But the voice deep inside would not let me succumb
And I laugh at the things I've done
When I tried to die young
Well, my heart kept on breaking and the crack sought the edge
Where the hand of a shadow grabbed the hand in my head
There were demons, I know them and they still come by
But we've become friends, my demons and I
Well I tried to die young, really I tried
But the voice deep inside would not let me succumb
And I laugh at the things I've done
When I tried to die young
I took a razor to the wrist of reality
Hell-bent on my way toward futility
I've got a reason to believe that it won't go on forever
But reason to the heart, is a message undelivered
Ahhh, I tried to die young, really, really I tried
But the voice deep inside would not let me succumb
And I laugh at the things I've done
When I tried to die young
Now I'm the old girl I never thought I'd become
"Does it get any better?", asks the little girl in my song
I'm still learning the answers, so I make up things you see
She laughs, "You're still the same and you'll never kill me!"
Oh, I tried to die young, really I tried
But the voice deep inside would not let me succumb
And 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
Well, I laugh at the things I've done
I laugh at the things I've done
When I tried to die young