I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
I'll be here a whileFar is solace in the maddening pace
Sad state written on my faceNot a tight rope walk but dance
Uncertain game of chance
But I'll see it through in timeI'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
I'll be here a whileAnd if a person, place or thing can deliver
I would quiver with delight
Tempted by the hand that could
Blind my vision and sightBut at twenty years of age
In frolic and in rage
I will see it through in timeI'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
I'll be here a whileBut the dawn has come into the endless night
And everything's gonna be all rightBut at thirty years of age
Through frolic and in rage
All regressed and healed in time"I'll be here a while ain't going nowhere"
Said I, said I, said I
"I will survive"