so long 17 [demo]

This is my demo setup, I moved upstairs now but the equipment is all the same. This song is called "so long 17" and runs a little longer than my usual ideas. You can see Audacity recording this take but I later scrubbed over it so this is the camera audio. Oh well, it's just a demo. Here are the lyrics; Don’t spend your ambition After you sell your dream You’ll wake up in a cold, cold room Frozen water on the window screen When advice comes with a footnote Just in case it doesn’t work You can take it with a grain of salt And season all your empty forks I’m tired of this place that is all places I’m bored after an hour of watching paint dry I’m ready for new handshakes and new faces I’m ready to admit I’m scared to die Look how he lights a room up with his smile Watch him drink a gallon of the punch Listen to reverberating laughter Now you want to know his name and buy him lunch But he’s tired of this place that is all places And he’s bored after an hour of watching paint dry He’s ready for new handshakes and new faces He’s ready to admit he’s scared to die She’s making up for lost time Too bad it wasn't free Life seems so short at sixty four And so long at seventeen There’s a table in the kitchen Just in case the kids come home The record skips her favorite part again And she goes to bed alone She’s tired of this place that is all places She’s bored after an hour of watching paint dry She’s ready for new handshakes and new faces She’s ready to admit she’s scared to die We’re tired of this place that is all places We’re bored after an hour of watching paint dry We’re ready for new handshakes and new faces We’re ready to admit we’re scared to die