Teenage Perfectionist - Anne Reburn (Official Lyrics)

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Written by Anne Reburn
Drums by Eva Friedman
Produced, mixed, and mastered by Ned Douglas
Video shot by Justin Knodel
Edited by Anne Reburn

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Lyrics:
He said you’ll never get there if you keep going like this
6 months of worry packed into my nervousness and I cried
Hand over hand, hand on my thigh
2010, 2009

He saw that I was scared
I guess he tried to help
I took the turns too wide
Of course I blamed myself
Not used to trying, one little slip
A dagger through the heart of a teenage perfectionist

I wonder if he realized when he reached onto my side
That I was frozen in a moment I’d replay inside my mind
So many times
Hand over hand, hand on my thigh
2010, 2009

He called me beautiful
I was learning how to drive
Devastated if I couldn't get it right on the first try
Not used to trying, one little slip
A dagger through the heart of a teenage perfectionist

Nothing good ever happened
Behind the high school

If I had done it right
If I wouldn’t have cried
Of course it’s my mistake that keeps me up at night
Not used to trying, one little slip
A moment in time, a fifteen year hit
A dagger through the heart of a teenage perfectionist

Looking down at my orange pants I thought of how I’d picked them out that
Morning to match my wallet with the flowers