I've been a runnin down a one way street my child
Getting tired and ready to cry a while
Don't say hey man where's your gun
'Cause I know
I only had one

I've been a runnin down a one way street my child
Well, getting hard when I never know how to smile
When I lose it all
I'm gonna run another mile...

In my 18 years alone
When the 24 hours is just too long
And all they say is to sing you a song
To say that I've gone my way

I said damn I'll never pay

Well, it don't matter, yeah
It's just sadder
When the heart of the matter can only get badder
Your friends don't change, but maybe their name
They say they know you ain't got time for their game
You think they know it all, but then there's some change

In your 18 years alone
When your 24 hours is just too long
And all they say is there's reason to change
To know that you're not the same...

I wasn't seekin every fortune of fame
But you know I wasn't hoping just to play the damn game, yeah
Stopped lookin on the other side
I knew I couldn't be glancing at all my life, yeah
Go on and let em in go on let em in go on and let em in
Oh yeah
I never thought about my second best
You know I never thought until I had to guess, yeah
There wasn't nothing on the other side
You know I didn't know that every half of my life, yeah
Go on and let em in go on let em in go on and let em in oh yeah
Go on and let em in go on let em in go on and let em through
Go on and let em through, let em through
Yeah, yeah, yeah...

And the world it doesn't matter any much too more
'Cause it never really mattered with a mad hatter
So there's reason for change and there's reason for you
Don't you think that's right
I said damn that's true alright

Yeah yeah yeah
I said no no no, yeah
Yeah, yeah yeah yeah
I say it don't matter when...
I only ain't got one