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ONE ON ONE: The Verve Pipe - The Freshmen April 23rd, 2023 City Winery New York
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The Verve Pipe
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COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Brian Vander Ark
Brian Vander Ark
Songwriter

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
When I was young I knew everything
She, a punk who rarely ever took advice
Now I'm guilt-stricken, sobbing, with my head on the floor
Stop a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice, no
[Verse 2]
Can't be held responsible
She was touchin' her face
Won't be held responsible
She fell in love in the first place
[Verse 3]
For the life of me
I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
For the life of me
I cannot believe we'd ever die
For these sins
We were merely freshmen
[Verse 4]
Best friend took a week's vacation to forget her
His girl took a week's worth of Valium and slept
And now he's guilt-stricken, sobbing, with his head on the floor
Thinks about her now, how he never really wept, he says
[Verse 5]
"Can't be held responsible
She was touchin' her face
I won't be held responsible
She fell in love in the first place"
[Verse 6]
For the life of me
I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
For the life of me
I cannot believe we'd ever die
For these sins
We were merely freshmen
[Verse 7]
Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Hey, yeah
Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Verse 8]
Tried to wash our hands of all of this
We never talk of our lacking relationships
How we're guilt-stricken, sobbing, with our heads on the floor
We fell through the ice when we tried not to slip, we'd say
[Verse 9]
"Can't be held responsible
She was touchin' her face
I won't be held responsible
She fell in love in the first place"
[Verse 10]
For the life of me
I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
For the life of me
I cannot believe we'd ever die
For these sins
We were merely freshmen
[Verse 11]
For the life of me
I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
For the life of me
I cannot believe we'd ever die
For these sins
We were merely freshmen
We were merely freshmen
We were only freshmen
Written by: Brian Vander Ark, Donald Leslie Brown

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