Amelia Almost 13 - Carrie Newcomer

We’ve been so close together

Close from the start

And as you learn to walk away

Take care of your heart

And don’t forget your prayers

And whatever you do

Whoever, wherever you are

I’ll love you

You’re all crushes and blushes

And brushes with insight

But you still sleep with our bears

But you still sleep with your bears

Half of the nights

When you’re ready and willing

And you’re of the right mind

The right teachers come along

Most of the time

You were born in the morning

In the quiet place

You were born in the morning

To take my place

We’ve been so close together

Close from the start

And Damn the first man

Who comes to break your heart

Your all long legs and long hair

And big wide eyes

With a hundred million questions

And a thousand hundred whys

And I wish I had the answers

But the best that I can give

Is to be a safe place for you

As long as I live

Cause sometimes as a grown up

My strength is all sapped

And I’d give anything to sit in my own mother’s lap

Bt she’s long gone and long missed

The best that I can do

Is the love that she would have given to me

I’ll give to you

As far as I can tell

As far as I have seen

You couldn’t pay me enough

To go back to thirteen

When you girls find out

And get wise to the rules

And young women stand up

And honey, so will you

You were born in the morning

In the quiet place

You were born in the morning

To take my place

We’ve been so close together

Close from the start

And Damn the first man

Who comes to break your heart