never die young

Singer:james taylor

we were ring-around-the-rosy children

they were circles around the sun. never give up

never slow down

never grow old

never ever die young. synchronized with the rising moon

even with the evening star

they were true love written in stone

they were never alone

they were never that far apart. and we who couldn't bear to believe they might make it

we got to close our eyes. cut up our losses into doable doses

ration our tears and sighs. oh

you could see them on the street on a saturday night. everyone used to run them down. they're a little too sweet

they're a little too tight

not enough tough for this town. couldn't touch them with a ten-foot pole

no

it didn't seem to rattle at all. they were glued together body and soul

that much more with their backs up against the wall. oh

hold them up

hold them up

never do let them fall

prey to the dust and the rust and the ruin that names us and claims us and shames us all. i guess it had to happen someday soon- wasn't nothing to hold them down. they would rise from among us like a big balloon

take the sky

forsake the ground. oh

yes

other hearts were broken

yeah

other dreams ran dry

but our golden ones sail on

sail on to another land beneath another sky. but our golden ones sail on

sail on to another land beneath another sky

beneath another sky. hold them up

hold them up

hold them up

hold them up

hold them up

hold them up.

Lyric Context: never die young - james taylor