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Andy O feat Weighn
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Tiger Lily & Pete
So here we have the spawn of Doug and Shay Lavonne on the back lawn swing set Hoping he'll get high enough to fly over the fence And see the wind crawl across a field of wheat Blue skies that stretch beyond horizons with the subtle smell of summer air and freedom And he's prepared to do great things and emulate his hero's latest accolades So it suffice to say that ambition was his mission With great wit he felt he'd make is greatness witnessed — the kid was Ready to rid the realm of wicked-hearted minions and the harbingers of evil wherever they exist And driven by youthful ignorance to fight for princesses on marooner's rock for the noble prize of a kiss And this was how they first met her hair dark jet, soft olive skin and when she pecked his cheek his little stomach felt like floating dandelion seeds and his ears burned a scarlet shade of red, but he said:
My name's Pete. Will you be my Tiger Lily? And promise never to grow old forever with me? I'm having too much fun to ever stop being young So I figure I'll just never grow up
Hey, my name's Pete. Will you be my Tiger Lily? And promise never to grow old forever with me? Because the curse of the young is that they all grow up And forget what it's like to have fun
His name was Pete, her name was Tiger Lily She promised that she'd never grow old forever with him But they did. Time is an inexorable engine And witnessed the kids grow distant They grew up in an instant and then they grew apart He went in to business and she pursued the arts And all she wanted was his love and a companion for adventure But he felt a larger base pension was a better investment So Pete went on to wed a more conventional Wendy And they lived a life of plenty that eventually felt empty Cuz spreadsheets and pinstriped cloth Amounted annual accomplishment to squeezing out an extra couple bucks But oftentimes money ain't enough To make a man feel full when his skin starts to show liverspots Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com And the older he got the more he choked on regret Over promises he never kept every time he said:
My name's Pete. Will you be my Tiger Lily? And promise never to grow old forever with me? I'm having too much fun to ever stop being young So I figure I'll just never grow up
Hey, my name's Pete. Will you be my Tiger Lily? And promise never to grow old forever with me? Because the curse of the young is that they all grow up And regret the things that can't be undone
Before too long 'It's 5 'o clock and I need a drink' became 'It's 530 and I need some sleep' Cuz poor Pete was no Dorian Gray—just grey now Tuck Everlasting heart under weight of age And it took every last thing out of him to lay down autonomy To live retired, always tired, thinking: 'they've forgotten me' What a bitter epilogue to success A late ex-wife, estranged kids, and no real friends left He felt like exhaled breath, what he would give for some back To chase his shadow once again as a kid Before his labyrinthine thoughts made him feel scared and lost And confused while his telomeres disappeared But this was how they met again Her hair dark jet, same olive skin His eyes trickled warmth and as he smiled Pete's wrinkled lips quivered So she smiled back politely as he earnestly whimpered
My name's Pete. Is that you Tiger Lily? Who promised never to grow old forever with me? We had too much fun to ever stop being young And I wish we would have never grown up Hey, my name's Pete. Will you be my Tiger Lily? And promise never to grow old forever with me? Because the curse we've succumbed to is that we've grown up But you remind me what it is to feel young
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