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Barely fourteen

from Pelham Blues by Dave Jacquet

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Barely fourteen and on the run
With a too-big jacket and a loaded gun.
One night my life got turned upside down
I'm wanted for murder so I had to skip town

It gets worse from here, but have no fear
I’m not asking you to shed a tear

Barely fourteen pretending to be tough
Never was prepared for life to be so rough
I lived for poetry and the colors of sunrise
A copy of gone with the wind's my only prize

It gets worse from here, but have no fear
I’m not asking you to shed a tear

Barely fourteen, hiding in a church
Lying low and quiet while the world gives search
I cut my hair short and I had it dyed
It's a brand new you when you gotta hide

Barely fourteen, a dead kid in the park
Johnny used a blade as the night grew dark
He'd promised himself he'd never get jumped again
We hitched a ride on the midnight train

It gets worse from here, but have no fear
I’m not asking you to shed a tear

Barely fourteen, ready to turn ourselves in
I guess life is better when you pay for your sin
My friends tell me I'm crazy as I bite my nail
Life on the run sounds worse than jail

It gets worse from here, but have no fear
I’m not asking you to shed a tear

Barely fourteen, the church is on fire
Kids are stuck inside as the flames grow higher
It's a red hell around me but I'm not scared
Johnny is so alive now but he won't be spared

Barely fourteen, and my friend is dead
The kids are ok what else can be said
They think we're sent from heaven but we're just thugs
And life can squish us like a couple of bugs

Barely fourteen, going to the rumble
Don’t wanna be there but I won’t stumble
We’re gonna fight tonight and we’re gonna win
Looking for respect starts from within

Barely fourteen, woke up in my bed
Three days after I was kicked in the head
But we won the fight we got the bragging rights
We won the fight we there aren’t any bright lights

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from Pelham Blues, released February 23, 2016

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Dave Jacquet Maine

Originally a horns player, Dave came to the guitar via the piano. Dave plays weekly live shows in Southern Maine and runs such websites as ThreeChordGuitar.com, SongwritingCircle.com and GuitarVideoReviews.com among others.

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