Sink to Swim

When I was young

I looked up at this world

Through the eyes of a

Naive little girl

And I got my kicks

Playing with pickup sticks

Afternoons in the park

Sink my feet in the sand

And the boy I’ve been chasing

Takes hold of my hand

My heart it’s starts racing

But just as he noticed me

We’re told that it’s time to leave

Don’t take me home

I’m not ready to go

Got my eyes on the sky and we’re waiting for snow

And although it’s July

Believing is half the fun

Please don’t make that undone

But I left that girl and we moved to this city

Where the sidewalk is pavement and the people so pretty

Fell in love with a boy but I couldn’t commit to him

We were just eleven

And the tube journey home

Stopped off at Green Park

For a rolled cigarette

And some quick heart to heart

With a girl I just met

Fated never to see again

For this moment we’re best of friends

Now it’s five in the morning

And i wake from the bed

Of some singer who’s snoring

To meet you instead

My heart will be pouring

Just like the sun you see

It brings out the best in me

Don’t take me home

I’m not ready to go

Got my eyes on the sky and we’re waiting for snow

And although it’s July

Believing is half the fun

Please don’t make that undone

Now up on this stage spilling my mind

For the ones at the back who won’t give me their time

My heart has cracks

It’s the porous of places

My mind is in tact

Though i’ve tried to erase it

My soul isn’t old

It is golden with streamers

I dance to be bold

I dance for the dreamers

Don’t take me home

I’m not ready to go

Got my eyes on some guy at the back of this show

And although this may die

The second I talk to him

Sometimes we all sink to swim