Bought a one way ticket to the west coast near the mountain tops   He's gonna change his life around   He's gotta get away from the every day life that he's always lived      Grew up never knowing right from wrong   It's hard to change something When it's been this way for so long   And then he told me with a tear in his eye   "I don't think I'll ever change my life   Can't just pack my bags and run away" (Away)   We all know that some things, some things just can't change      I know when you're gone some things will have to change   I know when you're gone some things will have to change      Now he's back, it's one year later   Nothing seemed to change   Except he shaved his head and anger now fills his veins   He's mad at the world, he's mad at everyone   He's ashamed of the man he has become      And then he told me with a tear in his eye   "I don't think I'll ever change my life   Can't just pack my bags and run away" (Run away)   We all know that some things, some things just can't change      I know when you're gone some things will have to change   I know when you're gone some things will have to change      Where will he be years from now?   Oh, he's still around