Nineteen Lyrics

We knew that confetti filled balloons were a bad idea

We bought them anyway, still find the glitter in my shoes to this day

And we said that inviting friends of friends was a bad idea

we told them anyway, still hear the stories to this day

You only turn 19 once, the perfect age to get away with ill-timed stunts

We'll call everybody that we know

And we'll fall into territories unknown

If all goes horribly wrong we'll just go

And if I get sent to bed before the high

Please try, keep me awake until midnight

I'll cry as I blow out flickering lights

The night I turned 19

We danced like the flat had been entranced by some good ideas

The irony wasn't lost, but the night was star-crossed

A short dress with nobody to impress, seemed such a nice idea

Until we sat out in the frost, swindled a jacket at a borrowing cost

We'll call everybody that we know

And we'll fall into territories unknown

If all goes horribly wrong we'll just go

And if I get sent to bed before the high

Please try, keep me awake until midnight

I'll cry as I blow out flickering lights

Do you remember when

The girl we didn't think would show her face

Turned up early with a card and a cake

That guy stole posters from the uni halls

And we woke up with them all over our walls

Our weird flatmate invited all her friends then never spoke a word to us again

I woke up at quarter to four

With somebody playing journey on my keyboard

A stranger bought me a bottle of Glenn's

Said we'd been best friends since we were ten

It's getting early and I need my bed but I don't want my birthday to ever end

We called everybody that we knew

And we stalled, sang, stumbled and flew

It all went perfect and terrible too

When I got sent to bed after the high

I tried to keep the moment alive

It was the best night of my life

The night I turned 19

I woke up 19

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