I Tried To Die Young

	  		

  
  
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I tried to die young, really I tried 
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But the voice deep inside would not let me succumb  
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I laugh at the things that I've done 
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When I tried to die young  
  
  
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I took a plane through the dawn, threw myself on the tracks 
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But the train didn't come and I had to walk back  
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I jumped into the whirlpool, thought I'd get sucked in 
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I just kept spinning around 'til I learned how to swim and I 
  
  
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Tried to die young, boy, did I try 
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But the voice deep inside would not let me succumb 
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And I laugh at the things I've done 
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When I tried to die young  
  
  
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Well, my heart kept on breaking and the crack sought the edge 
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Where the hand of a shadow grabbed the hand in my head  
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There were demons, I know them and they still come by 
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But we've become friends, my demons and I  
  
  
       C                   Dm7    
Well I tried to die young, really I tried 
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But the voice deep inside would not let me succumb  
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And I laugh at the things I've done 
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When I tried to die young  
  
  
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I took a razor to the wrist of reality 
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Hell-bent on my way toward futility  
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I've got a reason to believe that it won't go on forever 
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But reason to the heart, is a message undelivered    
  
  
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Ahhh,  I tried to die young, really, really I tried 
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But the voice deep inside would not let me succumb 
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And I laugh at the things I've done 
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When I tried to die young 
  
  
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Now I'm the old girl I never thought I'd become    
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"Does it get any better?", asks the little girl in my song  
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I'm still learning the answers, so I make up things you see    
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She laughs, "You're still the same and you'll never kill me!" 
  
  
      C                   Dm7    
Oh, I tried to die young, really I tried 
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But the voice deep inside would not let me succumb 
      Am           G           F     
And I laugh at the things I've done 
       G            C      
When I tried to die young  
  
  
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      Am           Em7         F      G    
Oh, I laugh at the things I've done 
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Well, I laugh at the things I've done 
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I laugh at the things I've done 
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When I tried to die young