Album: Let It Go
Music & Lyrics: Alexis Vear
Secret: “At a dinner party over Christmas break a few years ago, I noticed all the older folks were really cranky. Before dinner was served, there were several plates of imported cheese. Many of them had Mold all over them. Expensive cheeses like Stilton and Roquefort, covered in green fungus. The elders ate that cheese like it was the best thing in the world, but in dinner conversation later, they were very cranky. I thought to myself… I’d be cranky too if I ate that cheese. I thought cheese was a good parallel to life. I decided I’m not going to eat the mold or be the mold! No cheese for me, please!!!!!!!!!!!!”
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She watched as her life drifted by
She didn’t have the energy to try
But that all changed on that cold September day
You see Jackie she never had it to easy
Her family told her not to waist her time dreaming
About something
She could never have or be
But that all changed yea on that cold September day
When she said I don’t want to die this way
I have got to find myself a way
I don’t want to grow cold bitter and old
I don’t want to be a piece of cheese growing all the mold
Chorus
So I’m going to build a life rather than let life kill me
I’m going to get on the toll way off that dead end street
Cause I have got to find myself some dreams
And I am going to show them how to live
Jackie jumped in her car and waved goodbye
Scared to death that she would fail if she tried
But she had to chase her dreams
Forget what they would say
Always remembering her darkest day
When she said I don’t want to die this way
I have got to find myself a way
I don’t want to grow cold bitter and old
I don’t want to be a piece of cheese growing all the mold
Chorus
Over time her good fortune did multiply
Never again was she going to live a lie
Because she became
Who she was meant to be
Always remembering that cold September day
When she said I don’t want to die this way
I have got to find myself a way
I don’t want to grow cold bitter and old
I don’t want to be a piece of cheese growing all the mold
Chorus
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