Nothing New

[Verse 1]

They tell you while you're young

"Girls, go out and have your fun"

Then they hunt and slay the ones who actually do it

Criticize the way you fly

When you're soaring through the sky

Shoot you down and then they sigh

And say, "She looks like she's been through it"

[Pre-Chorus]

Lord, what will become of me

Once I've lost my novelty?

[Chorus]

I've had too much to drink tonight

And I know it's sad, but this is what I think about

And I wake up in the middle of the night

It's like I can feel time moving

How can a person know everythin' at eighteen

But nothin' at twenty-two?

And will you still want me

When I'm nothing new?

[Verse 2]

How long will it be cute, all this cryin' in my room?

When you can't blame it on my youth

And roll your eyes with affection

And my cheeks are growing tired

From turning red and faking smiles

Are we only biding time 'til I lose your attention?

[Pre-Chorus]

And someone else lights up the room (Ah)

People love an ingénue (Ah)

[Chorus]

I've had (I've had) too much to drink tonight

How did I go from growin' up to breaking down?

And I wake up (Wake up) in the middle of the night

It's like I can feel time movin'

How can a person know everything at eighteen

But nothing at twenty-two?

And will you still want me

When I'm nothing new?

[Bridge]

I know someday I'm gonna meet her, it's a fever dream

The kind of radiance you only have at seventeen

She'll know the way and then she'll say she got the map from me

I'll say I'm happy for her, then I'll cry myself to sleep

Oh, woah, oh (Oh)

Oh, woah, oh, woah, oh (Oh)

[Chorus]

I've had (I've had) too much to drink tonight

But I wonder if they'll miss me once they drive me out

I wake up (Wake up) in the middle of the night

And I can feel time moving

How can a person know everything at eighteen

But nothing at twenty-two?

And will you still want me

Will you still want me

Will you still want me

When I'm nothing new?