Holly Near - Feeling Better

(Lyrics by Holly Near, music by Jeff Langley) © 1973
From the album "A Live Album" © 1974

Holly Near (born June 6, 1949 in Ukiah, California) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, teacher, and activist for social change.

Lyrics

See I was just a freshman then and you were one of the lettermen
The nights were warm in victory's name
Your body strong against my tiny frame
I know the others knew that heaven was to be with you
And when the deadly vote was in
Of course the two of us would win Most Likely To Succeed

You were going to study law and I'd be what my teachers saw
A glowing smile, a college queen
The woman behind the man who seemed to need
To have the best in life . . . including me, a faithful wife
They planned the wedding in advance
Unafraid to take a chance that their children would succeed

Well, I'll be damn! We all pulled through
To think of all the crazy things we wanted to do
You would be a hero and I'd be a queen
But think of all the living we'd have passed up, passed by
I never would have seen it
I'll be damn! We all pulled through
To thing of all the crazy things we wanted to do
It may sound silly but I tell you it's real
The older I get, a whole lot better I feel

Your hair is long and braided now and I can hardly remember how
It felt to have smooth shiny legs
Or what you looked like in your pegged pants
I work at a mountain school, my hammer and my mind as tools
And you are starving on a farm, a brand new baby in your arms
They're right, we did succeed

The age is showing on my hands and you've become a wiser man
Survival took us separate ways
But through the years the memory stays
Within my mind of how we looked when we first had our pictures took
We thought the dream would never end
But now we don't have to pretend that we will all succeed


Oh, I'll be damn! We all pulled through
To think of all the crazy things we wanted to do
You would be a hero and I'd be a queen
But think of all the living we'd have passed up, passed by
We never would have seen it
I'll be damn! We all pulled through
To thing of all the crazy things we wanted to do

It may sound silly but I tell you it's real
The older I get, a whole lot better
The older I get, a whole lot better
The older I get, a whole lot better
I feel
Yeah... and I sure do feel good!