Me and my best friends
Cruising down West End Street
Hiding from cops and driving circles
Around the block all week
All of my friends died
Out on West End Street
They say we're born to die young
But we're just trying to live in peace
So maybe heaven is a ghetto with no bad blocks
Shangri-La dealers at the bus stops, and
Maybe God is just a Cop that we can fast talk
So if you're guilty and you know it, put your hands up
'Cause karma's just a different word for bad luck, and
What if death is just another pair of handcuffs
Well then we'd better run
Then we'd better run
All of our friends went crazy on LSD
Sailing their cars through the big bright city streets
And everyone who knows our name
Says that we ain't ever gonna change
They say we're born to die young, but
We're trying to find a better way
They say we're born to die young, but
We're trying to find a better way
Maybe heaven is a ghetto with no bad blocks
Shangri-La dealers at the bus stops, and
Maybe God is just a Cop that we can fast talk
So if you're guilty and you know it, put your hands up
'Cause karma's just a different word for bad luck, and
What if death is just another pair of handcuffs
Well then we'd better run
Then we'd better run
"What up?"
"Hey, what's up, man?"
"Just thinkin' in my head
That I'm going to be thirty-two years old, tomorrow
And I feel half completely alive and half completely dead"
Open we pray
Day after day
They say we're born to die young
But we're just trying to find a better way
Open we pray
Day after day
They say we're born to die young
But we're just trying to find a better way
So maybe heaven is a ghetto with no bad blocks
Shangri-La dealers at the bus stops, and
Maybe God is just a Cop that we can fast talk
So if you're guilty and you know it, put your hands up
'Cause karma's just a different word for bad luck, and
What if death is just another pair of handcuffs
Well then we'd better run
Then we'd better run
Then we'd better run
