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Wife, he exclaimed, you look too young to be married.
D’you have your recess before lunch? That is what we say in
Guadalupe, and I can tell you a few things.
I have been married for 97 years I think.
We met when I was twenty and she stole my brains away
She was the kind of girl that made me glad I shaved that day
And I don’t know what I would do without her,
I admit sometimes I want to strangle her
(but, he said)
Don’t throw away everything that you’ve saved up for so long
Cause if you cave, and run away, you’ll find out before long
Though the grass is greener somewhere else
it’s just the same garbage with a different smell!
HEY!
And then he told me, one time she threw a fork at me
While we were fighting and waiting on some company
It was as awkward as drum breaks on karaoke
‘Cause sometimes silence is more eloquent than our speech
We moved when I was twenty-seven to Guadalupe
She was the kind of girl that made me do a triple take and
She’s the only one who knows me through and through
Like how I always get Ghost and Ghost Dad confused
(so)
Don’t throw away everything that you’ve saved up for so long
Cause if you cave, and run away, you’ll find out before long
Though the grass is greener somewhere else
it’s just the same garbage with a different smell!
HEY!
So break some legs or whatever you say, HEY HEY!
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Listen as your day unfolds
Challenge what the future holds
Try and keep your head up to the sky
Lovers, they may cause you tears
Go ahead release your fears
Stand up and be counted
Don't be ashamed to cry
You gotta be
You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold, you gotta be wiser You gotta be hard, you gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger
You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm, you gotta stay together
All I know, all I know, love will save the day
Herald what your mother said
Read the books your father read
Try to solve the puzzles in your own sweet time
Some may have more cash than you
Others take a different view
My oh my
You gotta be
You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold, you gotta be wiser You gotta be hard, you gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger
You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm, you gotta stay together
All I know, all I know, love will save the day
Time asks no questions, it goes on without you
Leaving you behind if you can't stand the pace
The world keeps on spinning, can't stop it, if you try to
The best part is the danger staring you in the face
Remember
Listen as your day unfolds
Challenge what the future holds
Try and keep your head up to the sky
Lovers, they may cause you tears
Go ahead release your fears
My oh my
You gotta be
You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold, you gotta be wiser You gotta be hard, you gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger
You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm, you gotta stay together
All I know, all I know, love will save the day
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Wesley Chapel Blvd.
02:13
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We grabbed our towels and we took the car
Down to Wesley Chapel Blvd.
We took the long bridge for the view
While your sister and her boyfriend argued
And we hunted sand dollars on the ocean floor
But you crossed your arms and watched from the shore
Because you shaved this morning with a rusty blade
And now it burns too much or you're just too afraid
And so we went and shot hoops in the condo swimming pool
You told me that supposedly a skyhook isn't cool
Your sister and her boyfriend yelled
Like "Hawaiian Style" Saved by the Bell
They studied for her chemistry test
In the spare room where they both got dressed
When they finished problem number seventeen
They joined us out on the private beach
And her boyfriend made a too-soon joke
Involving Greg Louganis in a certain pose
He said, "just don't walk away, and I'll do anything you say.
But if you took another, would your mother approve of him?
Just don't walk away, and I'll do anything you say.
Just don't walk away-way-way-way-way-WOO!"
Have we seen everything that there is to see
At the age of seventeen and twenty three?
Did we grow up going to the beach?
Have we lost all of our sense of mystery?
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