From the recording Sometimes I Wake Up Naked
First begun on September 4th, 2000. The song was inspired by an email I received on August 31, 2000. This song remains an audience (and personal) favourite.
Personnel
JIM LESSES (vocal & guitar); JOHN MUNRO (mandolin); DON HOLDERNESSE (bass guitar, saxophone, shakers); RICHARD TONKIN (accordion).
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Lyrics
I Want to be Eight Again
© 2000, Jim Lesses. All Rights Reserved.
I Want to be Eight Again, I want to be nine or ten,
I want to chase butterfly's under mountainous skies,
Collapse on the grass and then...
I want to be free of my troubles and woes,
I want to dirty my favourite clothes,
I want to lie on the ground; hear every sound,
Kick at the sky with my toes.
I want to be eight again, I want to be nine or ten,
I want to be just like a child, that is happy and wild,
Go back to that moment when...
Every day was a pleasure reborn,
When the world didn’t threaten and warn,
When the thoughts in my head, were for stories I’d read,
And lived out each day on the lawn.
I want to be eight again, I want to be eight again.
CHORUS
I want to live without any regrets,
Stop counting what everyone gets,
Act like a clown; spin ‘round and ‘round,
Follow the vapor of jets.
I want to be eight again, I want to be eight again.
I want to live without any regrets,
Stop counting what everyone gets,
Act like a clown; spin ‘round and ‘round,
Follow the vapor of jets...
I want to be eight again, I want to be nine or ten,
I want to sing out of tune, rhyme silvery moon,
With June or spoon, and then...
I want to shed all my covers and skins,
And remember when I had no sins!
Stop dragging my cross, forget profit and loss,
In a world where nobody wins!
I want to be eight again, I want to be eight again.
CHORUS
CODA:
I want to be eight again.
I’ll even settle for nine or ten.
I want to be eight again.