Intro:
I ll be here awhile ain t going nowhere
I ll be here awhile ain t going nowhere
I ll be here awhile ain t going nowhere
I ll be here awhile
Far is solace in the maddening pace
Sad state written on my face
Not a tight rope walk but dance
Uncertain game of chance
But I ll see it through in time
I ll be here awhile ain t going nowhere
I ll be here awhile ain t going nowhere
I ll be here awhile ain t going nowhere
I ll be here awhile
And if a person place or thing can deliver
I will quiver with delight
Tempted by the hand that could
Blind my vision and sight
But at twenty years of age
In frolic and in rage
I will see it through in time
I ll be here awhile ain t going nowhere
I ll be here awhile ain t going nowhere
I ll be here awhile ain t going nowhere
I ll be here awhile
But the dawn has come into the endless night
And everything s going to be all right
But at thirty years of age
Through frolic and in rage
All regressed and healed in time
I ll be here awhile ain t going nowhere
Said I, said I, said I
I will survive