Lyrics for: Eighteen

Time: 3:28 | Album: The Next Big Invention

Cords: Guitar

Em, Cmaj7, d, Am

Pre and chorus: Cmaj7, Em, D, Am

Verse 1

If I was a dog would you tell me to heel, if I were a man would you tell me to steal, if I were naive would you tell me to skip my second meal. I haven’t been asked this cuz they know me well, I’m not stupid enough to fall under their spell, there will be a day when I’m too old to ask for help.

Pre chorus

But what do I do when I’m all alone, and by the law I’m considered grown. When I try to call they don’t pick up the phone, cause I’m young at heart but I’m old at soul 

Chorus 

What do I do when I’m eighteen, and I can’t get no one to save me, if I end up not choosing wisely, how the hell am I gonna fall asleep? I don’t want no one to hurt me, whether it be a friend or a memory, what’ll be with my anxiety, and everything that’s bottled up inside of me, when I’m eighteen (when i’m eighteen, when i’m eighteen, when i’m eighteen). 

Verse 2

When I was a kid I made a few mistakes, hope I don’t make anymore so when I’m older I’m safe, it’s a shame to be legal with a door in your face that you could never escape. I won’t rush into getting in relationships, I don’t need a man controlling all my happiness, I hope I’m still on the floor and making music, and that’s who I’m choosing.

Pre chorus 2

What do I do when it’s late at night, and I’m too old for mama to turn off the lights. Will I be at the club tryin to live my life, or will I be chewing gum doing something assigned. 

Chorus 

What do I do when I’m eighteen, and I can’t get no one to save me, if I end up not choosing wisely, how the hell am I gonna fall asleep? I don’t want no one to hurt me, whether it be a friend or a memory, what’ll be with my anxiety, and everything that’s bottled up inside of me, when I’m eighteen. (ooh don’t wanna talk about it, when i’m eighteen dadadadadadadadadadadada)

Outro

Stuck at all costs, legal and lost, don’t want to be that way then and in present days. Out or at home, I’m young and alone, where will I be when I’m six times three and on my own.

©℗ Song written by Rachel Chemtob-Stadtlander