He was a boy from a steel town   He soon had a look in his eye   Not the look of a child but the wild look of fury   Like an animal caught in the wire      School was the streets of town   His lesson he learned with his fists   Not a mean man he just felt all-alone   Like a wolf on a hill in a mist      Fast cars, new friends and machismo   Drove him away from his past   Running from the law, running from himself   An outlaw who lived life to fast      Chorus   How high is high enough   How low can a body go   How deep before you know When you're having too much fun   Don't you know when you're on the run   And you're living under the gun   How high is high enough      When does a man know he is alone   Who does he see in the mirror   Where did he go wrong and could we have helped   Why does it feel he's here   Maybe some day we will learn from the past   From those who have gone on before   That way his life will not have been a waste   And the good won't die young anymore      Chorus