Joy Oladokun - Die Young Lyrics

Joy Oladokun Lyrics

"Die Young"

I've been burning the candle, drinking the handle 'til it's dry
I've been standing in green grass, looking for love on other side
I have tripped over my feet 'cause I was running on my pride
Chipped my teeth and bruised my ego just to find

I don't wanna die young
I just wanna get high
Settle down and grow up with somebody I love
Watch the years go by
I don't want all the power
I just wanna survive
I don't wanna die young

I've been running the back roads, Tokyo to Tennessee (I've been running, Tokyo to Tennessee)
I've been tending the life I've always wanted from a seed (I've been tending the good life from a seed)
Will my garden grow or will it all get cut off at the knees
By some catastrophe that's lurking in the weeds?

I don't wanna die young (Count me out of the gold rush)
I just wanna get high (Someone pass me a light)
Settle down and grow up with somebody I love
Watch the years go by (Day by day, they go by)
I don't want all the power (Don't want more than I've got)
I just wanna survive
I don't wanna die young

I don't wanna die young
I don't wanna die young
I don't wanna die
I don't wanna die young

Count me out of the gold rush
Someone pass me a light
Day by day, they go by
Don't want more than I've got
I just wanna survive
I don't wanna die young

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Writer(s): Olubukola Oladokun

album: "Hope Is A Heavy Thing" (2026)

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