He falls to the bed with a world-weary sigh
His old teenage bones creaking he shuts his eyes
He sees her he remembers his first time around
This path too much beaten now into the ground
It's the end of an era
He's stone blind from the light
That these new revelations
Have turned up too bright
He's fresh but he's too old
For this simple life
He breaks down
It's been such a long time, he misses her so
She's his best friend but it seems like so long ago
And what she said that day bounces round in his mind
She said to him, 'boy, this is what you'll find
It's the end of an era
You're stone blind from the light
That your new revelations
Have turned up too bright
You're fresh but you're too old
For this simple life'
He breaks down
He breaks down, he's a small fish in a big pond
And it's high time he learned how to get along
He breaks down
credits
from Won't Settle Down,
released September 20, 2011
music and lyrics, Webber
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