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We All Die Young Lyrics
[Verse 1]
It was late one night, I was counting out my stitches
Laying by the side of the road
I was a long time gone, slipping off my britches
Feeling like it's time to go home
Yeah, feeling like it's time to go home
And in this dream, Bill Tecumseh Sherman
Glowered at the foot of my bed
He was long and lean, he spoke in perfect German
And I recorded all that he said
Yeah, I recorded all that he said
[Chorus]
And he said:
"We all die young
We all die young
We all die young
We all die young"
[Verse 2]
When I woke next day, layered in the lashings
Feeling for the hole in my head
I was thinking 'bout my dad, thinking 'bout the nashings
Of all the bitter things that he said
Yeah, all the worrying things that he had said
[Chorus]
And he said:
"We all die young
We all die young
We all die young
We all die young"
Son, he said:
"We all die young
We all die young!
We all die young
We all die young!
We all die young
We all die, we all die young!
We all die young"
[Verse 3]
When he came to pass it everything had ended
The world was just a grubby balloon
And I spoke up, said "sorry if I've offended"
This voice came from the back of the room
Oh, screaming from the back of the room
It said:
"We all die young
We all die young!
We all die young
We all die young!
We all die young
We all die, we all die young!
We all die young"
One more time!
"We all die young
Bill Tecumseh Sherman
We all die young!
We all die young
Sorry if I've offended
We all die young!
We all die young
We all die, we all die young!
We all die young"
We all die young!
We all die young!
We all die, we all die young!
We all die young!
We all die young!
We all die, we all die young!
It was late one night, I was counting out my stitches
Laying by the side of the road
I was a long time gone, slipping off my britches
Feeling like it's time to go home
Yeah, feeling like it's time to go home
Glowered at the foot of my bed
He was long and lean, he spoke in perfect German
And I recorded all that he said
Yeah, I recorded all that he said
And he said:
"We all die young
We all die young
We all die young
We all die young"
When I woke next day, layered in the lashings
Feeling for the hole in my head
I was thinking 'bout my dad, thinking 'bout the nashings
Of all the bitter things that he said
Yeah, all the worrying things that he had said
And he said:
"We all die young
We all die young
We all die young
We all die young"
"We all die young
We all die young!
We all die young
We all die young!
We all die young
We all die, we all die young!
We all die young"
When he came to pass it everything had ended
The world was just a grubby balloon
And I spoke up, said "sorry if I've offended"
This voice came from the back of the room
Oh, screaming from the back of the room
"We all die young
We all die young!
We all die young
We all die young!
We all die young
We all die, we all die young!
We all die young"
"We all die young
Bill Tecumseh Sherman
We all die young!
We all die young
Sorry if I've offended
We all die young!
We all die young
We all die, we all die young!
We all die young"
We all die young!
We all die, we all die young!
We all die young!
We all die, we all die young!
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Submitted by
mellow_harsher On Mar 16, 2018
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Although this song doesn't actually mention suicide, it still seems to contradict what Colin said in "Anti-Summersong," where he said that there'd be no more "sing-along suicide songs." This is definitely a sing-along song: even kids are singing along (yes, those are kids doing the response in this call-and-response song) and the thing that they are singing is depressing. I guess you could say this song is Colin's way of saying "We said that there'd be no more sing-along SUICIDE songs. We didn't say that there'd be no more sing-along songs with depressing lyrics."