Growing Up, Growing Old, Growing
My silent sobs fill the atmosphere
Lost for words and forgotten hopes
Feeling so empty with nowhere to go
Use to sit here and dream about boys
Count the pedals off the tulip
Saying “he loves me, he loves me not. He loves me.”
Now the time consuming homework’s
Have left no time for dreams
While my brain stumbles on forgetful things
The countless parties have gone by
All of which I’ve had to miss
Because I was the good girl in need for speed
Yet there’s the things unconquered
When my days seemed like a blur
At the sound of my alarm, I woke up in a dorm
The study sessions soon diminished
My grades only stood so tall
I had finally graduated, after all
I did think it was over
Constant struggles and endless tests
Though the answer was wrong when I guessed
And I still remember my first place
First job I ever had wasn’t the best
But the joy of independence told me to give it a rest
While my status at the office grew
Sleepless nights returned
Fighting for the sleep I had lost for what I learned
It all became automatic then
Wake up, work, and return home
Occupied with only one living soul
Falling in love hadn’t been in my planner
Yet it happened like if it was
But oh, it was, in Destiny’s planner
Marine, Andrew, David, and Rick
Became my one true happiness
As my life grew to be what I dreamed
Though things weren’t always perfect
Anguish didn’t feel like pain
‘Cause we’ve been there through each rain
All my work had seemed worth it
When I fought the sleepless nights
And I see her counting pedals in her mind
Sitting here below the stars
As the night encloses me in its embrace
Growing up, growing old, growing,
I have all faced
Lost for words and forgotten hopes
Feeling so empty with nowhere to go
Use to sit here and dream about boys
Count the pedals off the tulip
Saying “he loves me, he loves me not. He loves me.”
Now the time consuming homework’s
Have left no time for dreams
While my brain stumbles on forgetful things
The countless parties have gone by
All of which I’ve had to miss
Because I was the good girl in need for speed
Yet there’s the things unconquered
When my days seemed like a blur
At the sound of my alarm, I woke up in a dorm
The study sessions soon diminished
My grades only stood so tall
I had finally graduated, after all
I did think it was over
Constant struggles and endless tests
Though the answer was wrong when I guessed
And I still remember my first place
First job I ever had wasn’t the best
But the joy of independence told me to give it a rest
While my status at the office grew
Sleepless nights returned
Fighting for the sleep I had lost for what I learned
It all became automatic then
Wake up, work, and return home
Occupied with only one living soul
Falling in love hadn’t been in my planner
Yet it happened like if it was
But oh, it was, in Destiny’s planner
Marine, Andrew, David, and Rick
Became my one true happiness
As my life grew to be what I dreamed
Though things weren’t always perfect
Anguish didn’t feel like pain
‘Cause we’ve been there through each rain
All my work had seemed worth it
When I fought the sleepless nights
And I see her counting pedals in her mind
Sitting here below the stars
As the night encloses me in its embrace
Growing up, growing old, growing,
I have all faced