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Ten Years Older

by The Wicked Messenger

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First single from our next album!

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They told me at roll call the teacher laughed

when he saw we were both absent for English class

We thought we’d had a special secret

That nobody else knew about



I kissed her for the first time on the beach that day

She stood on a sandcastle to reach my face

I could still feel her lips tingle in place

On my cheek when I fell asleep at night



But before graduation she dumped me for Davey

While I practiced all I’d read about the Stoics



And I wanted to be ten years older

I wanted to be so much stronger

That I could take the slaps on the cheek

And turn my face back again


I didn’t think much about her for 8 years

Until we bumped into each other at a Gabba bar

She sat on a barstool, one leg on the floor

She held on to the table while she laughed



As the glasses piled up around us

She told me about her ex and lost babies

She told me about her mother’s stage 4

And the holiday they had to cancel


And I wanted to take her in my arms

Hold her until all those things went away



And I wanted to be ten years older

I wanted to be so much stronger

That I could take the slaps on the cheek

And turn my face back again


She asked to share a ride but fell asleep on my shoulder

and I didn’t know where she lived so I put her on the couch

When I awoke about 5 to go to the toilet

she was sitting and crying



She said I could love her maybe if I ignored all the signs

And I held her for an hour and then held her hand

over coffee and five years later

I held her hand at the hospital



And we argued gently over names for boys

We made plans to tell people not to give us toys




And I wanted to be ten years older

I wanted to be so much stronger

That I could take the slaps on the cheek

And turn my face back again

credits

released November 10, 2023
Jimi Beavis - electric guitar, harmonica, vocals, songwriting

Janey McEniery - bass guitar, BVs

Andrew Garton - organ

Cathy Bell - violin, BVs

Chris Bancroft - 6 and 12 string electric guitars

Sam Schlencker - drums and percussion

Produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Andrew Garton

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The Wicked Messenger Brisbane, Australia

Sad modern folk music from relatively happy people.

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