Once You're Sixteen

This is an original song written for the sixteenth birthday of my good friend Alex. It is not just some hokey "I wrote this for your birthday" kind of songs, because I actually do like it a lot. It's also very much a reflection of myself (which is only appropriate, seeing as Alex and I are very similar people.)

P.S. I realize I make ridiculous faces when I sing, but I can't help it. So does John Mayer, though, so fuck off. :)

Here are the lyrics:
You, youre only sixteen.
Youve still got the whole world at your feet.
Just enough experience
To have a little common sense
But not enough to just admit defeat.
And you, youre getting closer
To starting life and living your own scene
Remember the time
When you were 8 or 9,
Just wishing, one day, you would be sixteen.
Days go by
The sun and the moon will fight for the sky
Time flies by
Once youre sixteen.
Soon youll have a license
And break all kinds of rules you think are dumb
Youll roll through stop signs
Ignore solid lines
And after your third ticket youll wise up.
And you, youll go to college
To get a piece of paper, says youre smart.
Youll smoke cigarettes
And have no regrets
You might as well live life before you part.
Days go by
The sun and the moon will fight for the sky
Time flies by
Once your sixteen.
You will see that
Life can be as
Awful as it seems.
People cry and
People die
And everybody screams.
But pain will pass and
Love will last
As long as you stay calm.
Live your life just
As youve read from the
The lines upon your palm.

Cause You, you will be different
From al the other melancholy drones.
You may not be there yet,
But the world wont soon forget
The one who made it all on their own.
Days go by
The sun and the moon willl fight for the sky
Time flies by
Once youre sixteen.
Before you know it, youll be seventeen.

Category:

Music

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• music
• song
• acoustic
• original
• pop
• rock
• roger
• mcdonald
• live
• sixteen
• birthday

[gkwright1s]

This is okay, I guess. I prefer your new shit. *hint*

[alexxwhittt]

ROGERRRRR!!!!!!!!! :D

YOU DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND HOW AMAZING THIS WAS.

thank you sooooo much!