Drown

XV: Pretty Little Girl

Tuesday 5th May 1953
Ajax, Toronto, Canada
NARRATOR'S POV

Today Ruby gave birth to her and Stephen-Paul's little girl and James and Christopher's little sister, she has been named after her Dad so her name is Stephanie Thomasina Louise Whibley. She has the same hair and eye colour as her brothers, copper hair and hazel eyes, it's unfortunate that she won't have her Dad around, but she has many other father figures in her life at least, and she will have her now nine year old big brothers to look after her as well as her Mum. Stephanie's birth certificate is the exact same as her Dad's and brothers':

PROVINCE OF ONTARIO

Name of Child: STEPHANIE THOMASINA LOUISE WHIBLEY

Date of Birth: TUESDAY 5th MAY 1953

Sex: FEMALE

Place of Birth: AJAX, TORONTO

Parents: RUBY LOUISE STANHOPE-WHIBLEY, STEPHEN-PAUL THOMAS WHIBLEY (DECEASED)

Date of Registration: THURSDAY 7th MAY 1953.

Nineteen, your eyes are glowing to my beating heart
Oh, it seems like it is fine as my hand is moving up your arm
And you never really know where it goes up until it starts
I got my eye on you
Whatcha gonna do
Day dream near a stream with the linear bites
Oh, I listen to the song on repeat from the other night
And I can't picture you but I sure got the feeling right
What a crazy world
Pretty little girl
And we wake from the night in a bed with a bruise
And we're laughing out loud over the craziest news
And you reached for my hand I was scared in your room
We fell on the floor and we started to move
And your hands were like birds as they flew from the coop
Up my back they would climb just as I came unglued
She said
If you break my heart then I'll change your mind
And I'll do it again
If you play the part then I will play mine
And I'll do it again
If we miss the mark if we hold on tight
We'll be there to try it again
Nineteen as we roll across the bedroom floor
Your eyes they cannot lie as you're dreaming of our future home
And the kids are growing up as you and I we are growing old
What a crazy world
Pretty little girl
In the rain with the drink from the back of the bar
I would raise up my voice, you would raise it up more
We'd forget that our lives being apart it is hard
We'd thought we were close but it still feels far
Can we learn to get by if we learn to have scars
If we learn to forgive and accept who we are
You said
If you break my heart then I'll change your mind
And I'll do it again
If you play the part then I will play mine
And I'll do it again
If we miss the mark if we hold on tight
We'll be here to do it again
Wait a minute hold up a second
Don't leave me here with this feeling
Like I'm the one full of regret
Like I never did good for us both
Like you never did pull out that weapon
And stick that knife in my back
Was I supposed to accept it
When your words are like
More than just sticks and stones
Kinda like a bullet
A hollow tip that lodged in my bones
And I can't just swallow it
My pride is more than all that I own
So I gotta give it away
And some of the times I'm all the way wrong
But can't you see past me and see my fucked up home
That made me the meanest, the devil is just singing along
To the song I write til I'm alone at night
And I hang up the phone and bite my tongue
'Cause I know that me and you is just only right but one
It's a cry from the past we have been through a lot
Every year has been great and a few have been tough
And your kids they will reach for the stars up above
We'll sit and relax as we cheer in the morrow
The ropes to the light from the crypt to the grave
We started alone in the end we're okay
You said
If you break my heart then I'll change your mind
And I'll do it again
If you play the part then I will play mine
And I'll do it again
If we miss the mark if we hold on tight
We'll be here to try it again
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All rights go to: blink-182
Written by: Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus, Travis Barker
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