Lolita Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I was standin' around
Like one of those girls I had seen in a movie
The whole world was a movie back then
I had my sunglasses on
I wanted to be seen without seeing
Shy Lolita
I wasn't really in it
I didn't really get it
I was every single girl, I was nobody else
I was so sure of myself
I was fifteen and a half
He was a hollow laugh

[Pre-Chorus]
And I lost my cool
Somewhere along the way
The nightmare down the hallway
I had to learn how to look away
I lost my cool
No electricity
Hot rain on the concrete
And sweet melting little girl dreams

[Chorus]
They said
Oh I want a big life
Not a "how sad coulda' been" life
Where are you taking me, where are you taking me
Said everything I do I feel farther removed from my old life
Where is it taking me, where is it taking me?
[Verse 2]
I was standin' on my best friend's balcony
Feelin' a certain kinda wise at seventeen
Thinking the flare on the lens was the real thing
She was with her boyfriend in the back room
I was chain-smoking cigarettes and looking at the moon
Thought I was really in it
I didn't really get it

[Pre-Chorus]
I lost my cool
Somewhere around the bend
It started making less sense Holding onto all that innocence
I lost my cool
I found it in a chemical dream
The whole world is a movie screen
And Hudson Avenue's melting

[Chorus]
I say
Oh I want a big life
Not a "how sad coulda' been" life
Where are you taking me? where are you taking me?
Said everything I do I feel farther removed from my old life
Where is it taking me? where is it taking me?
[Bridge]
A portrait of my mother
She says
Stay young, stay young, stay young, stay young
I see my baby brother
I just come undone
It's some life I been living
Don't know 'til you're in it
Then all of a sudden
You can't get
Get back
Back out
Run, run away

[Outro]
(Where are you taking me?)
Way
(Where are you taking me?)
Said everything I do I feel closer to some kind of new light
Where is it taking me? Where is it taking me?
I said oh yeah
(Oh I want a big life
Not a "how sad coulda' been" life)
I want a big life, I want a big life
Where are you taking me? (take me away)
Where are you taking me? (take me away)
I say
Everything I do I feel closer to some kind of new life
(I want a new life, I want a new life)
Where is it taking me? (take me away)
Where is it taking me?

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