This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
Cross-legged on the front lawn she’s had a bad pill
The lights of the city they can all go to hell
It’ll all come good if she can put in the hours
She wants to get into film but it’s gonna take years
She wishes she wrote songs like the ones that you hear
The boys are all 20 and they leave her on the edge
And she’s telling herself
They’ll see,
They’ll see the beauty in me
They’ll see the beauty it’s in my soul
They’ll see the beauty in me
They’ll see the beauty in me
They’ll see the beauty it’s in my soul
Her lift is waiting she’ll be there soon
Rocking forwards and backwards eyeballing the moon
Unwired like a child of the rich
She’s pretty and long and part of the scene
Playing with her phone like it’s a rosary
Should get up and take them all on now
And she’s telling herself
They’ll see,
They’ll see the beauty in me
They’ll see the beauty it’s in my soul
They’ll see the beauty in me
They’ll see the beauty in me
They’ll see the beauty it’s in my soul
First she can tell them why she’s so sad
Why this girl is crying
Of all the excuses that she’s ever had
Well she’s nearly 20 years old
Very old
Cross-legged on the front lawn she’s had a bad pill
The lights of the city they can all go to hell
It’ll all come good if she can put in the hours
The lights of the city they can all go to hell
It’ll all come good if she can put in the hours
She wants to get into film but it’s gonna take years
She wishes she wrote songs like the ones that you hear
The boys are all 20 and they leave her on the edge
And she’s telling herself
They’ll see,
They’ll see the beauty in me
They’ll see the beauty it’s in my soul
They’ll see the beauty in me
They’ll see the beauty in me
They’ll see the beauty it’s in my soul
Her lift is waiting she’ll be there soon
Rocking forwards and backwards eyeballing the moon
Unwired like a child of the rich
She’s pretty and long and part of the scene
Playing with her phone like it’s a rosary
Should get up and take them all on now
And she’s telling herself
They’ll see,
They’ll see the beauty in me
They’ll see the beauty it’s in my soul
They’ll see the beauty in me
They’ll see the beauty in me
They’ll see the beauty it’s in my soul
First she can tell them why she’s so sad
Why this girl is crying
Of all the excuses that she’s ever had
Well she’s nearly 20 years old
Very old
Cross-legged on the front lawn she’s had a bad pill
The lights of the city they can all go to hell
It’ll all come good if she can put in the hours
Lyrics submitted by perkypurce, edited by mktoronto
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This song just grabbed me from the first time I heard it. I completely identify with the chorus. When I was twenty, no one seemed to want to date me and I was convinced I was unattractive and I was just waiting for that person who would see my inner beauty.
Plus, that feeling at 20 when you think you know everything and are just so much older and wiser than the boys that are your age.
Of course, there's also Freedman's way of describing everyday actions. I particularly love "playing with her phone like it’s a rosary". His lyrics are just so evocative, which is why I love his music so much.