"Innocence"

Being 19, I feel like I'm caught between some unspoken age gap.  Everyone older still treats you like you're slightly older than you used to be but still not old enough.  Maybe when I'm 21 I will feel completely different..only time will tell.  Anyways, although when I'm out in this crazy world it still feels like I'm a little girl...However, I didn't feel like that tonight.

Tonight was my elementary school's annual bazaar.  Since I entered kindergarten my family and I have never missed it.  Well, tonight there was not remnant that reminded me of that.  Almost every face I saw or voice I heard, I did not recognize.  Of course, you see old teachers, the principle, the priest. (I went to a Catholic private school)  But I felt something crazy that I just can't even explain.  Although it was completely packed and the most people I have ever seen there, it felt like a ghost town.  I felt for once in my life like a chapter had completely ended.  I guess this means I'm growing up.  Out of all the songs I have ever heard in my life, this song was in my head the whole night.  I am so happy that I am where I stand in my life, but sometimes there's that little voice inside you that wants to go back to that time where the world was a mystery and life was simple.  I guess what I wanted to rediscover was that "young girl, wide eyed innocence."  

From the beginning of this blog, I knew I had to find a way to incorporate this song.  Since I discovered this song, probably 5 or 6 years ago...yes, yet another Myspace discovery.  I remember finding Sarah Buxton and becoming memorized.  She has this rawness that is apparent in her vocals and lyrics that I have never seen before.  She understands rhythm like no other.  One of my all time favorite songwriters.  You'll be seeing a lot more of her!  And as many million times as I have listened to this song, it never rang more true than tonight.  The key to a well-written song is that ability to be applied to any situation, relatable, and to be interpreted many ways.  Well, that description is this song.  I am puzzled as to why this song didn't shoot up to #1.  This song has everything!  And Sarah Buxton is a total dark horse.  She has released one of the best albums that I have ever heard.  Just an unbelievable talent that everyone should know about!!

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Singer: Sarah Buxton 
Songwriters: Sarah Buxton, Georgia Middlemen, Jeremy Stover, Dave Berg
Song: "Innocence"

It's the first time that I've been here
Since I was here with him
I remember all the wildflowers
Waving in the wind

Life was an undiscovered river
I was jumping in head first

It was sink or swim, do or die
Sneaking out on summer nights
Stealing wine from my pa
The thrill of not getting caught
And now and then I miss those days
But coming back to this place
I realize it ain't him I miss
It's that young girl, wide-eyed, first love
One time innocence, yeah

We ran off to the corn field
Just outside the county fair
There were butterflies in my stomach
And fireflies in the air

He tried hard not to show it
Oh, but he was just as scared as me

And it was sink or swim, do or die
Sneaking out on summer nights
Stealing wine from my pa
The thrill of not getting caught
And now and then I miss those days
But coming back to this place
I realize it ain't him I miss
It's that young girl, wide-eyed, first love
One time innocence, yeah

And coming here
Has made me come to this
The one thing I can't get back
Is the one thing I miss, yeah

And it was breaking rules, flying blind
What you see through younger eyes
It wasn't what I thought it was
Man, I swore he was the one
And now and then I miss those days
But coming back to this place
I realize it ain't him I miss
It's that young girl, wide-eyed, first love
One time innocence, yeah

It's that young girl, wide-eyed, first love
One time innocence, yeah
It's that innocence


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