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

Left you, falling on the floor
Headed for the door
Went straight to Philidelphia.

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 needs a place to grieve

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

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

Momma don’t cry
I was once your little baby boy
So full of love and light

By the time I turned 25
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 momma 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

Let it out
Let it out 
Let it 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-a