Woke Up Older - The Wonder Years

You’ve got lunch with your sister tomorrow

So we can’t be up late

You don’t mind if I sleep in

But then I’ve gotta pack my things

So I stacked a Bukowski novel on a Blacklisted LP

And this time what it looked like was just what it proved to be

You said you needed a stiff drink to take your mind off things

Hey Jess, I woke up older

Carrying two years in the bags under my eyes

Hey Jess, I watched you wake up and get dressed

You left the room receded like my hairline

I’ve been avoiding Rittenhouse like the plague

Because I just can’t handle seeing you today

You made this house into a home

Now, I’m a stranger on my street

And as I turned to leave

I caught myself in the mirror to see I aged a year this week

I left a note up on your bed that said

«Hey, thanks again for everything you did»

Hey Jess, I woke up older

Carrying two years in the bags under my eyes

Hey Jess, I watched you wake up and get dressed

You left the room receded like my hairline

When John introduced «Woke Up New» in St. Augustine

I knew I wasn’t alone

When I woke up here without you

There was nothing to do but pack up and go home

Hey Jess, I woke up older

Carrying two years in the bags under my eyes

Hey Jess, I woke up older

Carrying two years in the bags under my eyes

Hey Jess, I watched you wake up and get dressed

You left the room receded like my

(Left the room receded like my)

Left the room receded like my hairline