Forty Today

from 5240 Volume IV: Autumn by Shawn Farley

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45 tunes in, we get to the "40" in "5240."

SIGH. Happy birthday to me.

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I'm in the middle of the road, I guess
If I'm lucky
'Cause the road could end any day or night
I ain't done half the things I meant to do
Had a head fulla "idears", guess they weren't true

Forty today
Kinda hard not to look back
(Criticize)
And wonder how I could've done it better
(Know I shoulda)
Forty today
I can scarcely believe it
(Second-guess)
Sure hope I've made some years matter

I know just what I'm missing
But what can I do?
Ain't got no wife
Ain't got no kids
But I gotta few friends when time permits
What the hell was I thinking?
I really don't know
Done what I could
To pay the bills
But I ain't found nuthin' that makes me fulfilled

Forty today
How I wish I could go back
(Do it right)
And kick Younger Me in the keister
(Don't be stupid)
Forty today
Just as clueless as always
(Take a hint)
The list of real choices gets shorter

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from 5240 Volume IV: Autumn, track released November 9, 2009
Written and performed by Shawn Farley.
Recorded in my Ballard apartment on my Macbook Pro.
Song 45 of 52 songs in the "5240" project.

Photo by Darin Di Pietro, later Photoshopped by Shawn Farley. Thanks to Jim Kruize for painting the cloud backdrop.

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