Ten Year Town

Album: The Dream (2019)
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  • I'm twelve years into a ten year town
    I'm too far in to turn around
    Too old to go back to school
    Won't be much longer, I'll be old news
    I thought I'd be a big star now
    I'm twelve years into a ten year town

    For fifteen minutes of fame
    Somebody says your name on the TV
    Or back of a CD
    Waitin' tables another month
    Waitin' on that break to come
    All it's ever done is break my heart

    The new 'It Girl' fresh off the bus
    She cut right in front of the rest of us
    I need longer lashes and a shorter dress
    To be that overnight success
    I thought this year I'd wear that crown
    I'm twelve years into a ten year town

    For fifteen minutes of fame
    Somebody says your name on the TV
    Or back of a CD
    Waitin' tables another month
    Waitin' on that break to come
    All it's ever done is break my heart

    I didn't come this far
    To only go this far

    Mm-mm, oh-oh-oh
    Mm, oh-oh-oh

    Payin' dues don't pay the bills
    Dreams come true and I think mine will
    But lesser fools woulda given up
    They don't go for broke like a dreamer does
    You gotta get back up when you get knocked down
    I'm twelve years into a ten year town

    This next song could turn it all around
    I'm twelve years into a ten year town Writer/s: Brandy Clark, Hailey Whitters
    Publisher: Bluewater Music Corp., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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