I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere  I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere  I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere  I'll be here a while    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 a while, ain't going nowhere  I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere  I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere  I'll be here a while    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 a while, ain't going nowhere  I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere  I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere  I'll be here a while    But the dawn has come into the endless night  and everything's going to be alright  but at thirty years of age  through frolic and in rage  all regressed and healed in time    I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere  Said I, said I, said I, I will survive