Story Behind The Song

touring with ani difranco, after a show one night, high on the whole reality of touring with ani, big, responsive audiences etc, I became a aware of the success of 'now' celebrating now, staying with the now versus regrets over past and future 'what might be'

Song Description

reflecting on the here and now

Lyrics

The Wonder Years

-from cd ?scream of consciousness?
c) 2000, words and music, Colleen Coadic



it?s like these demons in head are on a permanent vacation
lounge chairs in my psyche sunburn my brain
I pose a cool tantrum for your adamant attention
then look away
say the wrong words
downplay all I really mean

I?m the impatient know it all with follow through for all but me
I?m the wide eyed story teller with arrested child beliefs
I am writing one thousand times on my mental blackboard
I will not disrespect the teacher
I will not disrespect the teacher
I will not disrespect myself

these are my wonder years
what do I give them
I draw with crayons
sing in traffic at the top of my lungs
these are my wonder years
how do I live them
the world rolls off my tongue

these are my wonder years
what will I give them
I fold my arms behind my head and be the shapes in my clouds
when these are my wonder years
how will I see them
I can?t say
I?m making sandcastles to live in my today