Madi Lyrics

When we were seventeen we sat by the harbour

It was a balmy night and it was time to say goodbye

We were wide-eyed and hadn't yet been hurt by life

We were dreaming like only teenage girls can

You were a girl from an affluent suburb

Right near the water

Your mother played piano as a profession

And you longed for a boyfriend

I knew you could have anybody

You wore braids around your head

In books your face buried

You sang in a choir

You would study til you passed out

We would go walking round the city

Cafe hopping privileged seventeens

And you were always a little worried

That i felt too much for you but don't worry

Flowers of every kind i knew belonged with you

From some man who would take you all around the world

I knew you were destined to be

Someone who the common soul cannot see

Invisible sometimes

Except when the time's right

Well sometimes I think of you and I wonder

What your boyfriend's name is where does he live

Does he play cello

Or oboe or xylophone or flute

Does he wear a grey button down coat

And do you drink oat lattes in the morning just like me

And though I don't know you anymore

You're one of the people

Who've made me who I am

I wear my hair long now

I'm still learning to braid it

I wear my hair long now