They stand in the shadows with holed out shoes They got everything to gain and nothing to lose They’re strong hearts alive They got stars in their eyes They come from the towns of worn out streets Where all the tribes dance to all the different beats But they’re all the same Same spirits with a different name The young gods Might eighteen maybe just left school You spend your last dole money on a bedsit room That’s the only way Man you got to live for the day And when the old men scowl and start to criticise ya Cause they don’t understand what you want in your life That’s the same refrain Always gonna be the same For young gods So stand up and fight for your life No surrender and no compromise When desire is burning your eyes You’re young gods You’re young gods So when ya down hard sure that you’re life’s a mess And you’re worried that your place in the human race Has come apart at the seams Well hold on to your dreams You young gods You young gods Go