Da da, da da da da dee da da dah Wake up it's the morning, it's the morning, uh And as I write this I write out of pain it's strange The age is just older show me shoulders I could hold on, this ride I feel alive Never had another five keep me high I inspire in spite desire gimme time Take your time please young boy cause Life is not yours, you never had control of it Life is not yours, oh, you never had control you'll see Give me one reason to believe the leaves can leave, the ground Anybody grieves everybody leaves but who are we The person or the tree Your roots are like the sea, deep, blue they as can be And far's the eye can see and I can see Vacancy, destitute, flagrancy And because of time time never healed time only dealed dealt with the pain and misery but who are we Oh, who are we? Yeah This feeling I'm feeling is real This feeling I'm feeling can't deal with this deal with this Feeling I'm feeling feeling is real This feeling I'm feeling can't deal with this, deal with this And it's an understatement I'm containing All my feelings my frustrations And it's hard but I can take it I can make it through I'll make it to the car I'm on my own I feel alone but this is me and This is me and they gon' see who I'ma be man I am free and I am he or am I he but I can't wait I gotta go right now, now But I don't want to leave I don't want to leave, yeah I gotta go right now I gotta go right now, now But I don't want to leave No, I just wanna stay, right here I gotta go right now, yeah Said I gotta go right now, look But I don't want to leave, no Can we please take it back to the old days when we didn't have no shame? Those days where I felt like this life was a game Never had to worry and I never had to run When I felt free, that was the one Can we please take it back to the old days when we didn't have no shame? Those days where I felt like this life was a game Never had to worry and I never had to run When I felt free, that was the one And I believe I saw you the other day in a dream and I left cause I leave when I see changes Rearrange the way you think I think it's time for me to leave you said to stay I said okay cause I gave in like always Look I'm not a slave to ya The same feeling that I get It's like you saw the knots forming It's like you saw the chips falling It's like you saw the right person It's like you made a turn left It's like you stayed and never left It's like you formed your last breath and told me it was just a test but then I sat down and I made sure, yeah I sat down and I made sure you were gone And publicly I did a song-along and I sang not knowing it was wrong, uh Long fellow Long fellow, I long for the same reason you do Long fellow Long fellow, I long for the same reasons as you, you, uh Long fellow, long fellow, yeah