April 2006
This one’s drawn from a variety of sources, mostly related to the general madness around here. People are nuts, and yes that includes me. Anyway, it’s pretty straightforward power pop musically, but I’m happy because it got me off the folkiness in my head for a bit. The poet in me has great difficulty writing a pure chorus. Either too many good ideas, or none good enough to stand repetition, I don’t know. Enjoy.
Do you recall the way it all seemed wonderful?
Do you recall the tragedy the very next day?
And do you recall the way I called you beautiful?
And do you recall the way it all fades away?
Good old American Teenage Turmoil
If you don’t break through it breaks you down again
Good old American Teenage Turmoil
You’re living in sin till you’re 21, and then:
Do you recall the night we spent in the underbrush?
Do you recall that turnaround is always fair play?
And do you recall the way we laughed, just the two of us?
And do you recall the way it all fades away?
Good old American Teenage Turmoil
It’s funny that we make it through alive
Good old American Teenage Turmoil
You can’t understand, so you might as well survive.
Do you recall the things we swore in the summertime?
Do you recall the promises we never could say?
And do you recall that all we knew we could undermine?
And do you recall the way it all fades away?
Good old American Teenage Turmoil
Drop yourself a line to get in touch
Good old American Teenage Turmoil
You’re not yourself, or maybe just a little too much
Good old American Teenage Turmoil
If you don’t break through it breaks you down again
Good old American Teenage Turmoil
You’re living in sin till you’re 21, and then:
Good old American Twenty-something Turmoil…
