They'd ask you what you'd like
And you'd say what my sister's having
Same new bike, same new shoes
When you were 4
And I, 6 or 7
Always right, in your eyes
And oh I led the way with pride those years ago
It turned to night
Close out the door
Curl up in bed
But leave on the light
We'd read books
You'd read yours and I'd read mine
But I'd help you with the words you didn't know
Oh I still see you at the edge of your bed
With your freckles and those curls on your head
I never thought I'd learn so much from you
And for the most part I'm just proud
But I guess a part of me just thought
It'd always be the other way around
I never thought I'd learn so much from you
I guess I thought I knew it all
I'm sorry I'm just not as great as both of us
Had thought when we were small
They'd ask you what's your name
And you'd look at me and you'd stand behind
See you were shy the year that you were turning 7, I was 9
But you soon grew to be quite talkative and grew to be quite sure
Doesn't seem all that long ago when we were both sat on the floor
When we drew pictures of the places that we'd visit in our dreams
Turned into stories, then to poems when you were 12 and I 14
The year I realised I wasn't always right, and that one hurt
I always thought that I knew more, and that was just the way it worked
Cause I still see you at the edge of your bed
With your freckles and those curls on your head
I never thought I'd learn so much from you
And for the most part I'm just proud
But I guess a part of me
Just hoped it'd always be the other way around
I never thought I'd learn so much from you
I guess I thought I knew it all
I'm sorry I'm just not as great as both of us
Had thought when we were small
And I know I'm probably sounding selfish
I probably sound a fool
Cause of course I want the whole world wide and open for you too
I was just much better as a younger older sister
I hope that it's okay that for a moment I just missed her
But I know how far you'll go
I don't know it all
But I know it's lovely who we are
Though it lovely who we were when we were small
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