So I've been thinking about all kinds of things lately and freaking out a little about graduation - the evidence lying in the fact that I've thought about going to Ghana and Cambodia and Thailand and London and anywhere that isn't Provo. Anyway, I was talking to Nate Kartchner (click on the link - I promise it will be worth your time) about it today and he sent me this song, which seemed incredibly accurate (except for the parts about beer) so instead of posting any more I'll just post the lyrics.
"TwentySomething" - Jamie Cullum
After years of expensive education,
a car full of books and anticipation,
I’m an expert on Shakespeare and that’s a hell of a lot
but the world don't need scholars as much as I thought.
Maybe I'll go travelling for a year,
finding myself or start a career.
I could work for the poor though I’m hungry for fame
we all seem so different but we're just the same.
Maybe I'll go to the gym, so I don't get fat,
aren't things more easy with a tight six pack?
Who knows the answers? Who do you trust?
I can't even separate love from lust.
Maybe I’ll move back home and pay off my loans,
working nine to five answering phones.
Don't make me live for my friday nights,
drinking eight pints and getting in fights.
I don't want to get up, just let me lie in,
leave me alone, I'm a twenty something.
Maybe I'll just fall in love that could solve it all,
philosophers say that that’s enough,
there surely must be more. Ooooh
Love ain’t the answer nor is work,
the truth eludes me so much it hurts.
But I’m still having fun and I guess that's the key,
I'm a twenty something and I'll keep being me.
doh dah duh dah, do duh dah dah dah
doh dah duh dah, do duh dah dah dah
doh dah duh dah, do duh dah dah dah
doh dah duh dah, do duh dah dah dah
I’m a twenty something.
Let me lie in, Leave me alone.
I’m a twenty something.
doh dah duh dah, do duh dah dah dah
doh dah duh dah, do duh dah dah dah
doh dah duh dah, do duh dah dah dah
doh dah duh dah, do duh dah dah dah
4 comments:
i thought i'd sent that to you before! i can't believe i haven't. its an amazing song and definitely was on my "i'm graduating and have no idea what to do with my life" playlist. nice move, nate.
None of you know what's scary. I'm thirty-something and this pretty much describes me (except for the working phones part). That's scary. Apparently I regressed.
come to think of it, this still describes me - even with a full time job. maybe it's not so much regression as it is an inability to settle for what we have. sure i have a nice job, with a nice paycheck, and bills to pay - but really, what's stopping me from taking a year off to travel or from falling in love or from deciding to pick an entirely new career or from going to grad school for that matter?
am i getting too deep here? haha. either way this song is amazing.
and i use the word "amazing" far too often.
also, i meant to say unwillingness to settle, not inability. i'm sure i have the ability to settle, I just don't like it.
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