A Lifetime - Lyrics by Better Than Ezra


Lyrics
Allie woke up 8AM

Graduation day.

Got into a car,

And crashed along the way.


When we arrived late to the wake,

Stole the urn while they
Looked away,

And drove to the beach
'
Cause I knew you'd want it

That way.


And you were standing

On the hood of the car

Singing out loud

When the sun came up.


And I know I wasn't right,

But it felt so good.

And your mother didn't mind,

Like I thought she would.

And that REM song was playing
In my mind.

And three and a half minutes

Felt like a lifetime


It felt like a lifetime


And you move like water
I could drown in you.

And I fell so deep once,

Till you pulled me through


You would tell me
"
No one is allowed to be so proud

They never reach out

When they're giving up."


And I know I wasn't right,

But it felt so good.

And your mother didn't mind,

Like I thought she would.

And that REM song was playing
In my mind.

And three and a half minutes

Felt like a lifetime


Are you sitting in the lights?

Or combing your hair again,

And talking in rhymes?

Are you sitting in the lights?


When I got home, heard the phone,

Your parents had arrived.

And your dad set his jaw

Your mom just smiled and sighed.


But they left soon

And I went to my room.

Played that disc that you'd given me,

And I shut my eyes

Swear I could hear the sea.


When we were standing

On the hood of your car

Singing out loud when the sun came up.


And I know I wasn't right,

But it felt so good.

And your mother didn't mind,

Like I thought she would.

And that REM song was playing

In my mind.

And three and a half minutes,

Three and a half minutes,


Felt like a lifetime.
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