Ah ha, ha-ah-ah
Ah ha, ha-ah-ah
Ah ha, ha-ah-ah
Ah ha, ha-ah-ah
Ah ha, ha-ah-ah

Left you, falling on the floor
Headed for the door
Went straight to Philadelphia
Oh no, what have I begun?
Called my mother, said I love her
Had another and another one
Questions, questions, suddenly suggestions
Where was anyone at the start of this thing?
Hold that gold up over your shoulder
All I need is a place to grieve

Oh, it's for the best you didn't listen
It's for the best we get our distance oh oh woah oh
It's for the best you didn't listen
It's for the best we get our distance

Oh lord, I feel alive
I've gone and saved my soul
If all that you read is everything you believe
Then let go, then let go, then let go

Now I'm over my head
Acting like I never started over again
I am the city I'm from
Always wanting more than just a word on my arm
Oh, I know, I can't believe
That I'd let it get to me
Good to know I won't become
Everything I'm afraid of

Oh, it's for the best you didn't listen
It's for the best we get our distance oh oh woah oh
It's for the best you didn't listen
It's for the best we get our distance

Oh lord, I feel alive
I've gone and saved my soul
If all that you read is everything you believe
Then let go, then let go, then let go

Mama don't cry
I was once your little baby boy
So full of love and light
By the time I turned twenty five
I was lost among the pavement, lower
Than the basement, and I
Couldn't stand to smile
I thought of taking my own life
But mama don't cry
I found songs among the tragic, hung
My hat on sadness, mom
I think they're trying to keep
The grand romantic in me
Now that we got bottom lines
But mom, I think I'm ready to free
This grand romantic in me

La lee da, la lee da
La lee la

Look out, look out
Ah ha, ha-ah-ah
Ah ha, ha-ah-ah
Ah ha, ha-ah-ah
Ah ha, ha-ah-ah
Ah ha, ha-ah-ah

Oh lord, I feel alive
I've gone and saved my soul
If all that you read is everything you believe
Then let go, then let go, then let go

Oh lord, I feel alive
It's right here in my soul
So if only what you read is everything you believe
Then let go, then let go, then let go

Ah ha, ha-ah-ah