Ever since I was eight or nine   I've been standing on the shoreline   Always waiting    For something lasting   Loose your hunger, you loose your way   Get confused and 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 I used to be   This town has got the youth of me   All eyes turn hollow   From the work of sorrow   Mmmmmmm   Mmmmmm      Standing on the paving   By the office building   They've got so much to do   Never time for you      We are shadows   Oh we're shadows   Shadows in the alley      You die when you're young   You die when you're young   You die when you're young