Get Real

from Get Real by Matt Rider

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I'm amazed that we didn't but we should have got arrested,
Yes I'm amazed that we didn't get arrested.
Were they mistakes that we made in the summer night when we were young,
Because I don't think I ever had so much fun.
And I remember thinking here I am, this is it, this is it.
On a warm June night, 10pm, summer on my lips.
Somewhere way out west, way out past the Westway,
Getting drunk with my friends hoping this is how it stays.

But you gotta grow up,
Yeah you gotta grow up,
Get real get lost,
Lose you're heart lose the lot,
But you gotta grow up,
Yeah you gotta grow up,
Get real get lost,
Lose you're head lose the lot.

I was just 19 but I didn't lack certainty,
wish I was half as sure of myself come 23,
And it's funny how life stops you being who you wanna be,
With more experience I become more cowardly,
And I remember thinking here I am, this is me, this is me,
I was careless maybe if not carefree,
Somewhere way out west, way out past the Westway,
Getting drunk with my friends hoping this is how it stays.

But you gotta grow up,
Yeah you gotta grow up,
Get real get lost,
Lose you're heart lose the lot,
But you gotta grow up,
Yeah you gotta grow up,
Get real get lost,
Lose you're head lose the lot.

Yeah man you're probably right,
I should start getting serious about life,
When I really feel like I'm stuck in my ways,
You're asking me to change?

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from Get Real, released July 5, 2012

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Solo stuff from Matt Rider, singer/guitarist in Paper Mill, Party Boss and previously the Holiday Plan.

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