Melanie Safka
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I Tried To Die Young

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I Tried To Die Young

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I tried to die young

Really I tried

But the voice deep inside would not let me succumb

I laugh at the things I've done

When I tried to die young

I took a plane through the dawn

Threw myself on the tracks

But the train didn't come and I had to walk back

I jumped into the whirlpool thought I get sucked in

I just kept spinning around 'til I learned how to swim

I tried to die young

Boy, did I tried

But the voice deep inside would not let me succumb

And I laugh at the things that I've done

When I tried to die young

My heart kept on breaking

And the crack sought the edge

Where the hand of a shadow grabbed the hand in my head

There where demons, I know them

And they still come by

But we've become friends, my demons and I

I tried to die young

Really I tried

But the voice deep inside would not let me succumb

And I laugh at the things that I've done

When I tried to die young

I took a razor to the wrist of reality

Hell bent on my way toward futility

I got a reason to believe that it won't go on forever

But reason to the heart is a message undelivered

I tried to die young

Really, really I tried

But the voice deep inside would not let me succumb

And I laugh at the things I've done

When I tried to die young

Now I'm the old girl I never thought I'd become

Does it get any better asks the little girl in my song

I'm still learning the answers so I make up things, you see

She laughs, you're still the same and you never kill me

I tried to die young

Really I tried

But the voice deep inside would not let me succumb

And I laugh at the things I've done

When I tried to die young

Oh, I laugh at the things I've done

Oh, I laugh at the things I've done

I laugh at the things I've done

When I tried to die young

I tried to die young…

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