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She Was Young

from Vita Brevis by Maddie Jones

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lyrics

She Was Young

She always knew the way the game was played
Started with a job so she got paid
Marriage and kids weren’t far behind
Living out the plan in her parents’ minds
Now and then a-wishing she’d have had the time
The let one of her daydreams amplify
And gone to Panama or Mexico
But no-one even knew she wanted to go

‘Cause the words just stayed on the tip of her tongue
Waiting for the day their time would come
Queuing in line behind the humdrum
The way they never did when she was young

She was young

She always wondered why she felt afraid
Ideologies that she’d betrayed
Like ‘if you don’t seek you never find’
If you don’t look, you’ll soon go blind
You know the stars’ll be around a while
It gets a little hard to realign
If you have to ask, you’ll never know
If your life ain’t right, then make it so

The words just stayed on the tip of her tongue
Waiting for the day their time would come
Queuing in line behind the humdrum
The way they never did when she was young
Is it too late now, is it too late
Is it too late, is it too late

She always knew the way the game was played
But never before had she enjoyed the playing
But on a plane to Mexico
She’s thinking of a girl from long ago

The words just stayed on the tip of her tongue
Waiting for the day their time would come
Queuing in line behind the humdrum
The way they never did when she was young

She was young

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from Vita Brevis, track released October 24, 2014

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