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 it 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    just shadows in the alley       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    nothing to wait for    nothing to wait for       ooh       where is life in this town?    where is life in this town?