Bought a one way ticket to the west coast near the mountain tops He's gonna change his life around He's gotta get away from the every day life that he's always lived Grew up never knowing right from wrong It's hard to change something When it's been this way for so long And then he told me with a tear in his eye "I don't think I'll ever change my life Can't just pack my bags and run away" (Away) We all know that some things, some things just can't change I know when you're gone some things will have to change I know when you're gone some things will have to change Now he's back, it's one year later Nothing seemed to change Except he shaved his head and anger now fills his veins He's mad at the world, he's mad at everyone He's ashamed of the man he has become And then he told me with a tear in his eye "I don't think I'll ever change my life Can't just pack my bags and run away" (Run away) We all know that some things, some things just can't change I know when you're gone some things will have to change I know when you're gone some things will have to change Where will he be years from now? Oh, he's still around