Song Description

Story of Northern California girl leaving home to follow dreams.

Lyrics

Don?t Mistake The Singer For The Song

It?s hills and mountain country,
you?re driving through the views,
but greens & browns got nothing on your blues.
Your friends and family warned you
that it?s a worthless ride.
You?ll pay the toll to reach the other side.
You?ll take the big bridge over
but there?s no guarantee
that what you?ll find is what you want to see.

Maybe it?s real love, maybe it?s real wrong.
Don?t mistake the singer for the song.

The bay would always lead you
further out to sea:
the wind, the tide, the possibility.
You?re rolling on the water,
you?re off to see the world -
such massive dreams for such a little girl.
And now you?re so much older,
few dreams have survived?
Are those few enough to stay alive?

Maybe it?s real love, maybe it?s real wrong,
Don?t mistake the singer for the song.

Out to see, out to see what life?s about
Out to see, out to see what life?s about
Can it be, can it be I?m missing out
Don?t know where I?ve been,
but I want life to let me in.

There?s time to reconsider,
reverse those winds above you?
heed the good advise of those who love you.
No one?s gonna blame you
for what you didn?t do,
no one else, no one else but you.
The years will still move forward,
the waves still beat the shore,
but how long will they strike if you ignore?

Maybe it?s real love, maybe it?s real wrong,
don?t mistake the singer for the song.


Words and music by Severin Browne, ã 1996. Subdude Music, BMI.