Die Young Lyrics

I've been burning the candle, drinking the handle 'til it's dry
I've been standing in green grass, looking for love on other side
I have tripped over my feet 'cause I was running on my pride
Chipped my teeth and bruised my ego just to find

I don't wanna die young
I just wanna get high
Settle down and grow up with somebody I love
Watch the years go by
I don't want all the power
I just wanna survive
I don't wanna die young

I've been running the back roads, Tokyo to Tennessee (I've been running, Tokyo to Tennessee)
I've been tending the life I've always wanted from a seed (I've been tending the good life from a seed)
Will my garden grow or will it all get cut off at the knees
By some catastrophe that's lurking in the weeds?

I don't wanna die young (Count me out of the gold rush)
I just wanna get high (Someone pass me a light)
Settle down and grow up with somebody I love
Watch the years go by (Day by day, they go by)
I don't want all the power (Don't want more than I've got)
I just wanna survive
I don't wanna die young

I don't wanna die young
I don't wanna die young
I don't wanna die
I don't wanna die young

Count me out of the gold rush
Someone pass me a light
Day by day, they go by
Don't want more than I've got
I just wanna survive
I don't wanna die young