ever since I was eight or nine I've been standing on the shoreline / for all my life I've been waiting for something lasting / you loose your hunger and you loose your way / you get confused and then you fade away / oh this town kills you when you are young / oh this town kills you when you are young / I'm not the boy that I used to be / this town has got the youth of me / all the eyes turn hollow from the work of sorrow / you die young / you die when you're young / you die when you're young / we are shadows / oh we're shadows / we're shadows in the alley / you're standing on the paving by the office building / they've got so much to do never time for you / you die young / you die when you're young / you die when you're young / we are shadows / oh we're shadows / just shadows in the alley / I've got nothing to wait for / nothing to wait for / where is life in this town / where is life in this town