Well I haven’t got a dime or a penny in my pocket. I’d have jumped ship but I’m too afraid to rock it, and my only true love is a picture in a locket that fades in time.
I’ve got a lot of time but not a lot of money. Got a lot of laughs but I’ve never been funny and my feet move slow but my mind keeps running to the east coast.
So I start slow and I work hard.
I dream big but I never get too far.
So I learn to love what I live without.
If I can’t be what I want, I’ll learn to be what I’ve found.
I haven’t caught a break since I caught a broken heart,
Made a few mistakes and made a new start,
And it feels like a waste if it all falls apart,
But I wish I’d let it be.
Be what it could be, be what it should, be what it would be if it’d be good.
I seem to see a lot, but I’ve never been seen, been heard but never believed.
So I start slow and I work hard.
I dream big but I never get too far.
So I learn to love what I live without.
If I can’t be who I want, I’ll learn to be who I’ve found.
The tide goes in while my hair grows out.
The freckles on my skin dance around my doubts,
And I found myself when I fell apart,
I finally heard the song inside my heart.
So I haven’t got a dime or a penny in my pocket, but I’ve still got time, I’ve still got the locket that I press to my chest, hope for the best, and head for the coast.
Where I’ll start now and I’ll work hard.
I’ll dream big until I outshine the stars
I’ll learn to love and I won’t live without
I’ll be who I want with what I’ve found
What I’ve found
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