Happy Home (Keep On Writing)-Kimya Dawson

[00:13.90]There was a time in my life that [00:15.30]I felt so all alone [00:16.66]That I never thought that someday [00:18.21]I would have a happy home [00:19.71]A family and a four track radio shack microphone [00:22.22]A backyard and a hammock and a paid off student load [00:25.48]A backyard and a hammock and a paid off student load [00:28.40]So if you see me and [00:31.42]I'm dreaming [00:34.22]About selling socks on ebay [00:40.05]Shake me hard till [00:43.00]I'm awake [00:45.92]Stitches will unravel, [00:48.86]the stitches will unravel [00:51.77]The stitches will unravel if you knit with fishing line [00:57.48]Though your cast will be refined [01:00.15]You'd be better off with twine [01:04.96]When I was a kid we would play [01:06.47]Annie at recess [01:07.58]I was always [01:08.47]Sandy because [01:09.23]I was the smallest [01:10.37]From all that crawling on the blacktop [01:11.89]There were holes in all my jeans, [01:13.39]In the toes of my bowed shoes but [01:14.84]I never complained [01:16.25]Because I didn't think that [01:17.91]I could sing [01:19.10]See I never perfected that nasally thing [01:21.88]All the kids sang in the school play [01:24.98]Now I know it's better if we don't all sound the same [01:28.10]Now I know it's better if we don't all sound the same [01:31.05]So if you hear me and [01:34.22]I'm screaming [01:36.93]About auditions for Annie [01:42.83]I hope you will try out with me [01:48.64]There are parts for everybody [01:54.21]And you don't need to be the dog unless [01:57.32]you like being the doggy [02:01.99]He's up against a team that he has never seen before [02:04.56]And they march into the outfield like [02:06.27]they're marching off to war [02:07.26]It's a good one out to right field [02:09.01]but they're quick and make the play [02:10.48]And as the curtain closes he just bows and walks away [02:13.12]Singing, [02:13.83]"If you're breathing you are living [02:15.13]If you're living you are learning [02:19.32]So write and write and keep on writing [02:22.35]Just make sure your life's exciting" [02:25.26]So if you see me and [02:28.31]I've joined the roller derby [02:30.82]Know that [02:32.07]I've become something [02:33.77]I always wanted to be [02:37.09]Fast and strong and part of a team [02:43.00]Teacher, thanks for everything [02:48.52]You said [02:48.91]"If you're breathing you are living [02:51.98]If you're living you are learning [02:54.84]So write and write and keep on writing [02:57.89]Just make sure your life's exciting [03:00.83]Write and write and keep on writing [03:03.80]Just make sure your life's exciting [03:06.81]Write and write and keep on writing [03:09.78]Just make sure your life's exciting [03:12.73]Just make sure your life's exciting [03:15.75]Just make sure your life's exciting