Kimya Dawson

Happy Home (Keep On Writing)

There was a time in my life that I felt so all alone

That I never thought that someday I would have a happy home

A family and a four track radio shack microphone

A backyard and a hammock and a paid off student load

So if you see me and I'm dreaming

About selling socks on ebay

Shake me hard till I'm awake

Stitches will unravel, the stitches will unravel

The stitches will unravel if you knit with fishing line

Though your cast will be refined

You'd be better off with twine

When I was a kid we would play Annie at recess

I was always Sandy because I was the smallest

From all that crawling on the blacktop

There were holes in all my jeans,

In the toes of my bowed shoes but I never complained

Because I didn't think that I could sing

See I never perfected that nasally thing

All the kids sang in the school play

Now I know it's better if we don't all sound the same

So if you hear me and I'm screaming

About auditions for Annie

I hope you will try out with me

There are parts for everybody

And you don't need to be the dog unless you like being the doggy

He's up against a team that he has never seen before

And they march into the outfield like they're marching off to war

It's a good one out to right field but they're quick and make the play

And as the curtain closes he just bows and walks away

Singing, "If you're breathing you are living

If you're living you are learning

So write and write and keep on writing

Just make sure your life's exciting"

So if you see me and I've joined the roller derby

Know that I've become something I always wanted to be

Fast and strong and part of a team

Teacher, thanks for everything

You said "If you're breathing you are living

If you're living you are learning

So write and write and keep on writing

Just make sure your life's exciting

Write and write and keep on writing

Just make sure your life's exciting

Write and write and keep on writing

Just make sure your life's exciting