Get Up
By: Kevin Carton

Staring at a distance
Everybody’s watching
Everybody’s waiting
They’re congregating
Manipulating
Out on the horizon
I can hear them screaming
Telling me where to go
Telling me who to be
I could only wish they’d see
That I’m only 17
What’s with all this scrutiny
Stop with the absurdity

I just wanna get up, get up and leave this town
I swear nobody would care if I wasn’t around
Every day’s just one foot in front of the other and
Maybe sometime I’ll write home to mother and
Ask her how she likes it without me around
Run away with me

Right now I’m just not sure
In what I believe in or where my faith is leading me
I’m lost on this path and I’m searching for the answer
Which way to turn
Getting pushed from behind me
By the community around me
The people who surround me
Telling me what is right
Telling me what is wrong
Buddha enlighten me
God show me the way
Allah make me strong

I just wanna get up, get up and leave this town
I swear nobody would care if I wasn’t around
Every day’s just one foot in front of the other and
Maybe sometime I’ll write home to mother and
Ask her how she likes it without me around
Run away with me

New York city lights I want to see you burning bright someday
Playing in a small café
With nothing but an old upright letting me pour out my soul
On a stage with you out there listening
Then I feel home

I just wanna get up, get up and leave this town
I just wanna leave this town
I just wanna leave this town
I just wanna leave this town
I just wanna leave this town
I just wanna leave this town

I just wanna get up, get up and leave this town
I swear nobody would care if I wasn’t around
Every day’s just one foot in front of the other and
Maybe sometime I’ll write home to mother and
Ask her how she likes it without me around
Run away with me

I just wanna get up, get up and leave this town
I swear nobody would care if I wasn’t around
Every day’s just one foot in front of the other and
Maybe sometime I’ll write home to mother and
Ask her how she likes it without me around


©2005 Kevin Carton
Written January 2005
©2005 “Some Things Change”