We're About 9 - What You Are lyrics

by Brian Gundersdorf Featuring Kristen Jones on cello We were young and we didn't know What we wanted to be when we got old I liked to build stuff. I worked with my Dad You smiled when you told me that I should do that We got to high school, you were the girl That they wanted to look like, you were the pearl And I was the oyster, we were old friends getting coffee together, when you had a free weekend it was hard, but you still kept up with me then somehow I've tried and I'm sorry, but I can't keep up with you now We were young and we didn't know what we wanted to be when we got old I told you to go be a star Now I blame myself, and that's what you are First I took a job keeping worksites clean Then I built my first house when I was nineteen You met a director who said you were good and paid for your ticket to Hollywood I saw the movies and I had to admit There was something about you that I didn't get Back when we were both young and we didn't know We wanted to be when we got old And I know it was hard, and you still kept up with me then somehow But I've tried and I'm sorry, but I can't keep up with you now We were young and we didn't know what we wanted to be when we got old I told you to go be a star Now I blame myself, and that's what you are You're the mug shot on the cover of star drunk belligerent tirades, naked in cars flying off of the highway at 50 degrees your hands on the airbag Saved by the trees (Action, cut, fortune, star drunk belligerent tirades, naked in cars radio playing “You Drive Me Crazy” your hands on the airbag) Bracing yourself for the media hit is like quitting cold turkey, and that's what you did In a cell in the suburbs, reading their letters They love you, they hate you, they hope you get better We were young and we didn't know what we wanted to be when we got old I shrugged when I told you to go he a star Now I blame myself, and that's what you are.