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20060811 - When You Were Young Alright Alright

from The Song Diary I by Paleo

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WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG ALRIGHT ALRIGHT

Boy when you were young,
you were sure as the sun
that your star would rise
sure as rivers run
to the sea,
like a moth to the light,
from a jar they fly
in your sleep to night, alright.

When you were young,
this was all sussed out.
Friends were never faked.
Giving hands away.

If you get lost, just stay where you are.
I am coming, I am coming, I am not very far.
I am moving like a mountain, like a mountain of stars.
Babe, I am coming, I will never be far.

Boy, when you were young,
you would smile like the sun.
It would light up our hearts
when our goings got dark.
In the halls,
under the interstate,
where the night meets day,
the joy of learning names, alright.

Grandma darns,
your sister gone off
with a neighbor's son,
all her homework done.
Playing horse,
the aunts are disappeared,
the essence of orange
dappled under their ears, alright.

If you get lost, just stay where you are.
I am coming, I am coming, I am not very far.
My bones like the ocean, my sparkle like mars.
Babe, I am coming, I will never be far.
From you, I will never be far.

When dad came home,
we would dash to his hand,
his weary eyes laugh
through his smile broke in half.
Just like the young,
we would follow you around,
from thick to thin,
and back again to thick.

If you get lost, just stay where you are.
I am coming, I am not very far.

DAS - Washington, D.C., USA

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from The Song Diary I, released April 15, 2007

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