Dylan Roth - "21 / Noelle" on quality black vinyl. Includes immediate download of all three tracks!
("One Last Look" not included on vinyl.)
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The very first Dylan Roth/Deadshirt Records release! Originally available in exchange for currency in the summer of 2011, now yours for FREE or a donation of your choosing.
lyrics
When I was 10 I was 20, when I was 20 I was 12
I spent four years of high school trying to be someone else
And then three years of college trying to learn whatever I can
Just to come back for another and find I don't give a damn
I never wanted to grow up, I swore I'd never break down
So I kept dancing in corridors trying to be someone's clown
I never raced for the finish, figured life would find a way
But now time's going faster, going faster every day
And all the storefronts are closing and drifting out to the sea
And I can't even think about what's gonna happen to me
I'm 21 in an instant, I got nothing to fear
And I wanna be 21 while 21's still here
I know I gotta look forward, I know I gotta finish school
But now we're running out of money, yeah, we're running out of fuel
I know the real world keeps turning, I don't wanna stand still
But I'm afraid if no one makes me move then I never will
I've shuffled and I've shambled through a quarter of my life
Before too long I'll have a mortgage, maybe kids and a wife
And all the suburbs will vanish and the coastlines will recede
And it'll be way too late for me to get what I need
Am I too late for adventure? Did I pass up my chance?
Should I have reached for that soft hand and asked her to dance?
I won't be 21 later, I'm only 21 now
And I wanna be 21 while I still know how
Now the world's tipping over, not much more time to be young
My daddy warned me I'd be finished before I knew I'd begun
I got one year left of freedom, 18 months at the best
Then it's a life full of compromise and working to death
I wanna cast of my worries, wanna scream 'em out loud
'Cause there's an old man who'd kill to be where I am right now
I wanna leap without looking, I wanna run some red lights
I wanna make love to a stranger and not spend the night
I wanna run like a child, I wanna walk like a man
I wanna put all my faith in a rock & roll band
I'm 21 for a moment, I'm 21 for a song
and I wanna be 21 before 21's gone
credits
from 21 / Noelle,
released June 1, 2012
Music and lyrics by Dylan Roth
Recorded at Beanland Studios by Bruce Tunkel
Dylan Roth - Vocals, Piano
Vinnie Daidone - Guitars, Bass
Ben Rose - Drums
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