[Verse]

             
Come out Virgi

           
nia,  don't le

           
t me me wait
             
You Catholic g

             
irls start  mu

         
ch too late
             
But sooner or 

           
later it comes

            
 down to fate
              
            I 

             
might as well 

                 
be the one

             
They showed yo

              
u a statue and

           
  told you to 

   
pray
             
They built you

              
 a temple and 

            
 locked you aw

   
ay
             
But they never

              
 told you the 

           
 price that yo

     
u pay
             
For things tha

              
t you might ha

    
ve done 


[Chorus]

             
           For

             
   only the go

             
od die   young

             
     that's wh

       
at I said
             
          Only

             
 the good die 

             
young   only t

             
he  good die y

     
oung


[Verse]

             
     You might

             
 have heard I 

            
run with a dan

            
gerous crowd
             
We ain't too p

             
retty we ain't

             
 too proud
             
We might be la

             
ughing a bit t

         
oo loud
             
But that never

                
 hurt no one

            
      So come 

              
on Virginia  s

           
how me a sign
             
  Send up a si

             
gnal I'll  thr

             
ow you the lin

 
e
             
The stained-gl

              
ass curtain yo

           
u're   hiding 

      
behind
             
  Never lets i

            
n the sun


[Chorus]

             
         Darli

             
n  only the go

             
od die  young 

            
       woh - o

h
             
          Only

             
 the good die 

             
young   only t

             
he  good die y

 
oung


[Bridge 1]

             
      You got 

             
a nice white d

             
ress and a par

              
ty on your con

    
firmation
            
   You got a b

              
rand new soul 

            
       And a c

ross of gold
             
       But Vir

             
ginia they did

             
n't give you q

              
uite enough in

        
formation
             
     You didn'

             
t count on me 

             
When you were 

              
counting on yo

        
ur rosary

          
   Oh   oh   o

             
h    And_they


[Verse]

             
Say there's a 

            
heaven for tho

            
se who will wa

   
it
             
Some say it's 

             
better but  I 

                
say it ain't
             
I'd rather lau

              
gh with the si

             
nners than  cr

            
y  with the sa

    
ints
             
The sinners ar

            
e much more fu

n 


[Chorus]

             
       You kno

             
w  only the go

            
od die  young 

             
     that's wh

  
at I say
             
          Only

             
 the good die 

             
young   only t

             
he  good die y

   
oung

                                  


[Bridge 2]

             
    You say yo

             
ur  mother tol

              
d you all that

        
 I could 
             
   Give you wa

             
s a reputa-tio

n     
            
   She never c

             
ared for me  B

              
ut did she eve

             
r say a prayer

   
 for me?
          
   Oh   oh   o

          
h    And_they