3 trap doors

small (piano version)

written by gabby michelle & steve knecht
produced by matan kaufman
performed by gabby michelle 
guitar tracked by santiago arias

january

© Gabby Michelle 2020

"Twenty Something"
Lately I've been a bit of a crazy bitch
Trying on selves 'til I find a me that fits
Oh, I've always heard the music in my head
No, I never thought it'd take me right here instead

'Cause I'm twenty something now
Can't say I've figured it out 
I've got nothing, just stumbling around
But I hope you still love me somehow, oh oh 

My head and my heart lately have been at war 
Don't really know what I believe anymore 
So I'll just get drunk or go get a tattoo today
Then I'll call my mom... but I won't hear a word that she'll say

'Cause I'm twenty something now
Can't say I've figured it out 
I've got nothing, just stumbling around
But I hope you still love me somehow, oh oh 

(Ooh, ooh, ooh)

Can't tell if I'm broke or just broken here in my bed
I've said I'm no longer a child but I'm still not a grown up yet 

'Cause I'm twenty something now
Can't say I've figured it out 
I've got nothing, just stumbling around
But I hope you still love me somehow, oh oh 
(Ooh, ooh)
I've got nothing, just stumbling around
But I hope you still love me somehow, oh oh

Twenty Something

Oh say can you see
A woman in the white house, first lady POTUS?
Oh say can you see
Yeah and tell me would you notice
The power she carries, not from who she marries
Or is or isn’t wearing

'Cause things aren’t running so great
People are running away 
Or running here but then they can’t stay

Could I run someday? I once asked and you laughed
It sounded like my past, "Know your place, don’t ask"
And if I had all the facts to my truths  
You’d try to disprove the cries of “me too”

First my body then my voice, my voice, my voice, my voice, my voice
Now you’re trying to take my choice 
Taking seats in the House but I’m still standing up 
Wondering when will U.S. spell "us"

us
us
us
us

By the dawn’s early light 
Will I see what the dark tries to hide?
By the dawn’s early light 
Will the truth ring true through the lies ?

Will the day show color 
And how each one sees a brother in the other
Will the day bring lovers 
From the sides that they ran to for cover from each other 

Or will we find brand new names for division
Ways to keep free souls locked in prisons?
Games made long ago that we’re lost in 
Greed hiding in the powers we trust in 

Why oh why oh why oh why oh why
Why do liberty and justice look like 
American dreams lying in the dust?
Tell me when will U.S. spell "us"?

us
us
us
us

["representation" spoken in different languages and dialects]

The land of the free
Building walls and cages in the name of greatness
Does each heritage earn a mention 
That’s not the attention of a racist cliche?

The land of the free
Am I a threat on arrival to your survival?
What if I’m gay? 
Am I still free to be 
Even if you see more than 3 colors on the flag that I wave?

Can the brave ones who long for a home 
Call this land home for themselves and their own?
What will they find when they make their way here?
New days to suffer and more nights to fear?

Battle-worn forgotten on the streets 
Along with the battle-worn who fought overseas 
In four years will this home be, more or less, what it was?
Tell me when will U.S. spell "us"?

us
us
us
us

gabby michelle

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