Anne Heaton - Old Man By 21 lyrics

Maybe you'll find some peace of mind which is more than what I have We say something is wrong and it is/ But I don't know the secrets how to live either Maybe you'll run away/ Maybe we'll run away from how we've been feeling/ Maybe to us you'll cease to speak/ We'll be unable to keep memory of you burning I knew you when/ I knew you when I wanted to be like you When your power, it was too much/ You could too easily walk across the barriers, through the dwellings/ You wondered why it was because as a child you were so able You could organize the people/ So it came as no surprise that you had the first and the most girlfriends/ You were our emcee of life So it came as no surprise that you were an old man by twenty-one I knew you when/ I knew you when I wanted to be like you When doing well versus not doing well/ We'd say "whatever that means"/ Doing well versus not doing well/ We'd say "whatever that means" I show the disgust on my face/ You try to please me in haste/ To stop all of this family's bleeding/ Our mother, she tries to translate She says it looks like hate/ But you kids are just heartbroken I know it was hollow here/ All the achievement and the cheer that left you feeling empty/ You wondered why it was because as a child you were so able I knew you when/ I knew you when I wanted to be like you Maybe you'll find some peace of mind which is more than what I have