You know it takes a lifetime to climb up that ladder
Just a minute to fall down
Everybody tried to warn me
Boy you better quit messing around
But I never listen!
But I never listen!
Live fast, die poor
If I heard it once a thousand times before
You know living that kind of life's
Like walking on the edge of a knife
You live fast, die poor
It only took one record to ruin my life
Ten minutes of rock n' roll
Music was the only thing I ever had
And it was coming through the radio
I stole my daddy's guitar and I knew I played it wrong
Everybody tried to turn me aside
But I knew where I belonged
That's why I never listen!
Why I never listen!
You know all I wanna do's hang with the boys in the band
Even though I've got no money and I got no plans
And we had the brightest future but we threw it away
Because all we wanna do is get up on that stage and play
You live fast, die poor
If I heard it once a thousand times before
You know living that kind of life's
Like walking on the edge of a knife
You live fast, die poor
You live fast, die poor
If I heard it once a thousand times before
You know living that kind of life's
Like walking on the edge of a knife
You live fast, you die poor
You die poor
You die poor
Die poor
Die poor