now - what i want to know is
why don't finish your home anymore knock me up and take my funk
cause i'm too old to be keepin' up with all the kids
some - some other way
some other place i could be real important
now - not anymore - i'm just a bore
and you should be disappointed
now - no other way but rush the stage and take away my fortune
now - you should be dead and i should be dead
and no one would be disappointed


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Keepin' up With the Kids Lyrics as written by James Euringer

Lyrics © JAMES IS A GIRL MUSIC C/O CITRIN COOPERMAN

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    Firstly i think its not "now - not anymore - i'm just a bore" but "NO! - not anymore - i'm just a bore"

    and "you should be dead and i should be dead" is "you should be king and i should be dead"

    I beleive that this song is either;

    A) Jimmy struggling to understand how the kids still like his music considering how old he is, he cant understand how he can still be cool in their eyes and "keeping up" with them OR B) Jimmy is taking the piss out of bands/people who try to keep up with the kids and fail miserably, backwards baseball caps etc

    "no - not anymore - i'm just a bore" He beleives his music isnt as good as it used to be, or carries the same messages at least, another song similar to this in meaning is "two hookers and an eightball" in which he says "can you beleive i write this shit? stupid people thinking i am cool!"

    Im not entirely sure, i hope someone can build on this

    Dubmoodon June 18, 2008   Link

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