Story Behind The Song
As does everyone who watches someone they love grow up and make ill-advised desicions, sometimes you just have to hand it over to fate and hope that someday your words of wisdom will help.
Song Description
A song about watching someone you love make decisions that you know are mistakes. You realize that no matter how much experience you have, you can't teach this other person and he/she must learn the lesson himself/herself--and you hope and pray that he/she doesn't have to learn it the hard way.
| Song Length |
2:48 |
Genre |
Rock - General, Rock - Hard Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Disconcerted, Distressed |
Subject |
Love for Child, Teens |
| Similar Artists |
The Smithereens, John Cougar Mellencamp |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Woman you're growing up
And it appears that one might say that you have had enough
You can't abide a single word I say
And your solution is to push away
Maybe well it's a funny thing
But I ain't quite as simple as you might think
You think you got it all figured out
I must admit now I got my doubts
Baby I love you so
I spent some good years working up to letting you go
And now the time arrives before its day
I can but watch while you push away
You lay there upon your bed
I just marvel at the cogitations in your head
You say if it's supposed to be
Then it'll happen while you're drifting free
Baby I love you so
I spent some good years working up to letting you go
And now the time arrives before its day
I can but watch while you push away
Baby I wish you could see
You could still learn a few tricks from me
I sense your future 'cause I've seen my past
And that's a place I don't want you to be
Baby I love you so
I spent some good years working up to letting you go
And now the time arrives before its day
I can but watch while you push away
I would never say these things
It wouldn't matter if you didn't mean so much to me
Maybe you will understand one day
And you'll no longer have to push away
Baby I love you so
I spent some good years working up to letting you go
And now the time arrives before its day
I can but watch while you push away
I can but watch while you push away
I can but watch while you push away
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