THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY OF LIFE
AND THAT'S YOUR OWN
YOUR OWN, YOUR OWN
MY FATHER
WHEN I WAS YOUNGER
TOOK ME UP ON TO THE HILL
THAT LOOKS DOWN
ON THE CITY SMOG
AND ABOVE THE FACTORY SPILL
HE SAID
NOW THIS IS WHERE I COME
WHEN I WANTED TO BE FREE
BUT HE NEVER WAS
IN HIS LIFETIME
BUT THESE WORDS
STUCK WITH ME, HEY!
AND SO, I RAN FROM ALL OF THIS
AND I CLIMBED
THAT HIGHEST HILL
I... LOOKED DOWN ON TO MY LIFE
ABOVE THE FACTORY SPILL
I... LOOKED DOWN ON TO MY LIFE
AS THE FAMILY DISGRACE
AND ALL MY FRIENDS
AT STARTIN' LINE
THEIR WAGES OFF TO CHASE
YES, AND ALL MY FRIENDS
AND ALL THEIR JOBS
ALL THE BLOODY WASTE
'CAUSE THERE'S ONLY
ONE WAY OF LIFE
AND THAT'S YOUR OWN
YOUR OWN, YOUR OWN
THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY OF LIFE
AND THAT'S YOUR OWN
YOUR OWN, YOUR OWN
WELL, WELL, WELL, I GREW UP
I LEARNED TO LOVE AND LAUGH
CIRCLED DAYS
ON THE UNDERPASS
NOISE WE THOUGHT
WOULD NEVER STOP
DIED A DEATH
WHEN THE PUNKS GREW UP
AND WE CHOKED
ON ALL OUR DREAMS
WE WHISPERED ALL OUR FEARS
WE'RE RUNNIN' THROUGH THE
HEARTLESS CONCRETE STREETS
CHASIN' OUR IDEAS, RUN!
AND ALL THE PROBLEMS
OF THE WORLD
WON'T BE SOLVED BY THIS GUITAR
AND THEY WON'T
STOP COMIN' EITHER
BY THE LIFE I'VE HAD SO FAR
AND THE BRIGHT LIGHTS
OF MY HOME TOWN
WON'T BE GETTIN' ANY DIMMER
THOUGH THEIR
CALLIN' HAS RECEDED
LIKE SOME OLD DISTANT SINGER
AND THEY DON'T
LOOK SO APPEALIN'
TO THE EYES
OF THIS POOR SINNER
'CAUSE THERE'S ONLY
ONE WAY OF LIFE
AND THAT'S YOUR OWN
YOUR OWN, YOUR OWN
WELL, THERE'S ONLY
ONE WAY OF LIFE
AND THAT'S YOUR OWN
YOUR OWN, YOUR OWN
WELL, THERE'S ONLY
ONE WAY OF LIFE
AND THAT'S YOUR OWN
YOUR OWN, YOUR OWN
OH, THERE'S ONLY
ONE WAY OF LIFE
AND THAT'S YOUR OWN
YOUR OWN, YOUR OWN
THAT'S YOUR OWN