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Coming of Age, Again

from The Optical Shop by Ryan Hommel

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Coming of Age Again
Music & Lyrics by Ryan Hommel

I’ve got a bone to pick with you tonight
I’ve got a mind to really set things right
I guess I’m coming of age
Coming of age, again

Do you even know how many doctors I’ve seen?
How much work I put in just to be thirteen?
I’ve been coming of age
Coming of age since then
You can’t really believe that you’ve been there all this time
Or that when I’ve done well for myself, I’ll owe you a dime
Don’t get me wrong, I love you
Just not the same way that most folks do
I’ve got a feeling inside I’ve tried
And failed to hide

When did you intend to set the record straight,
Regarding all the shit you fed me that I gladly ate?
I’ll give you this, man
It was all coming up roses for a while
You can’t really believe that you’ve been pulling your own weight
How can you be here in my heart when you’re there in another state?
I don’t think you ever had a bad intention
But all you ever had to do was simply mention
That you were afraid
Of telling the truth to my face

You can redeem yourself with a four-leaf clover
And with the notion that it’s never too late to start over,
You’ll be coming of age
Coming of age, again

We will always have the baggage of a damaged past
You can take it or leave it, it comes around fast
I choose to forgive
Over and over again
I guess I’m coming of age
Coming of age, again

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from The Optical Shop, released October 20, 2015

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Ryan Hommel Northampton, Massachusetts

As an unrelenting songsmith and performer, Ryan Hommel delivers his old-soul vocals and sophisticated guitar legerdemain with such a discipline, ease and clarity that it has nowhere to go but straight into your soul.

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