The Typical Teenager Lyrics Critique - Country Song

by Kurt
(Dagupan City)

* Of all the songs I've wrote, this one hit me the most. This song is about people (esp. teenagers) who think they've got nothin' at all and later declare themselves, "Typical". My interpretation here is that the "Typical" word here refers to the "Staying Down" of a teenager. So being typical is just temporary, and that all we have to do is just to never give up.Hope you like it. :D


Verse:
Oh, I know
Happy you were back then
But you grow from time to time
Sadness joins in too
Then you'll miss yourself as a child

I know
The lower you are
The higher you get up
Still it doesn't make
Sense

Refrain:
What happened to the young yet rich life?
What happened to the hard working dreamer?
What happened to the promises made and now you're givin' it all out?
What happened to the things ought to buy?
What happened to the battle ought to end?
All you think is you'll never be this happy teen
But why?

Chorus:
I know what it feels like to be a typical teenager
Just a typical teenager
Ooh..
(2x)

Oh, I know

Oh, I know
That you think lucky are those with love
You're drowning into problems in life
"Life sucks!"
But think again
'Cause you're stayin' there floatin'
Please, Swim

Yeah, step by step
Think being a teen's all about fun
Think smiles are for those welcomed ones
Oh, but you're wrong
Just, wait

Refrain 2:
But what happened to the "Quote of the Day"?
What happened to the A grades at school?
What happened to the girl that you?ll still love even though she broke you in pieces?
What happened to the talents you?ve shown?
What happened to the medals in your hands?
All you think is you?ve got nothin? at all
But why?. . .

(Repeat Chorus)

Bridge:
You just don?t know
You are full of this and that
You just don?t know
That being typical has reasons

Open your eyes
(Just look up)
Open your mind
(Think deeper)
Open you heart
You just don?t know

(Repeat Chorus)

Chorus 2:
Oh, I know what it feels like
Thinkin? I?mma typical teenager
Then every teen's a typical teenager
Ooh..

I know what it feels like
To think I?mma typical teenager
But every one of us is made to stand out
Ooh..

(Repeat first 4 lines of Chorus w/ vocal adlibs 2x)

Now, you know
Nobody's a typical teenager
Nobody's a typical teenager

Now you know. . .



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