Independent, that's how you view yourself

Now that you're twentytwo, twentytwo

If I could do it, I would stay young for you

We could live inside a place where we'd never have to face

All the people who disgrace us and make us hide our face

Busted and used, that's how you view your girl

And now that she's twentytwo, twentytwo

If I could do it, I would stay young for you

We could live inside a place where we'd never have to face

All the people who disgrace us and make us hide our face

If I could do it, I would fly into the sun

I would become warm

And I meant it when I said you're my favorite son

With your finger that is reachin' for the trigger of the gun

And you know you've got to prove it to yourself and everyone

I do not go quietly into the night that calls me

Even when I'm alone

I do not go quietly into the night that calls me

Even when I'm alone

If I could do it, I would take her in my arms

I would unwrong all his wrongs

I could stay here and write a thousand songs

Just to show her that the stars still come out behind the fog

There's a light on in the lighthouse, you can see it in the dark

I do not go quietly into the night that calls me

Even when I'm alone

I do not go quietly into the night that calls me

Even when I'm alone

I do not go quietly into the night that calls me

Even when I'm alone

I do not go quietly into the night that calls me

Even when I'm alone

I do not go quietly into the night that calls me

No, no, no-no-no