fifteen

Who knew?

Taylor Swift is genius.

I REALLY am not a fan of country music. I've always said that country, opera and screamo metal are about the only music I don't enjoy listening to. Opera is growing on me.

I've failed deeply with one of the chickadees. If left to her own devices, Younger sways toward...brace yourself...bubble gum country. I know. I know. As a former punk...*sigh*...it's just too much to take.

All children can't be perfect. They must have flaws. And I haven't given up hope yet. If I must, I'm sure I can find a bubble gum country music rehab program. Somewhere.

Anyhow, I digress. Younger has just downloaded Taylor Swift's new CD. After thoroughly memorizing every single word to every single song she began hopping around me going, "Mom!! Mom!!! It's the best song EVAH. You HAVE to listen to it. Please? Please? Please?" Well, since she had me captive in the car on Wednesday morning and had her iPod, she insisted I listen.

In my opinion, other than the lyrics, if you've heard one Taylor Swift song, you've heard them all. I've already heard, "Mom, it's the best song evah," two other times for Taylor's "Our Song" and "Love Story." Both times I knew why she liked the lyrics but the music all sounds the same. And in my opinion, "Love Story" is to Romeo and Juliet as Barbie is to baby dolls. Bastardization.

This "amazing" song? It's the same damn melody and beat, but the lyrics? The lyrics are pure teen genius. Really...


In case you've never been a teenage girl? In case you are raising or will raise one? This IS absolutely, exactly the truth. It's not musical genius. But it is a VERY accurate look at this age. (In case you can't stand the music, I gave you just the lyrics below.)

You take a deep breath

And you walk through the doors

It's the mornin of your very first day

You say hi to your friends you ain't seen in a while

And try to stay out of everybody's way

It's your freshman year

And you're gonna be here for the next 4 years

In this town

Hopin' one of those Senior boys

Will wink at you and say 'I haven't seen you around before'

Cuz when you're fifteen, somebody tells you they love you

You're gonna believe them

And when you're fifteen

Feelin' like there's nothin to figure out

Count to ten

Take it in

This is life before you know who you're gonna be

Fifteen

You sit in class next to red-head Abigail

And soon enough you're best friends

Laughi'n at the other girls

Who they think they're so cool

We'll be out of here as soon as we can

And then you're on your very first date

And he's got a car

And you're feelin like flyin

And you're momma's waitin up

And you're thinkin he's the one

And you're dancin around the room when the night ends

When the night ends

Cuz when you're fifteen, somebody tells you they love you

You're gonna believe them

And when you're fifteen

And your first kiss makes your head spin around

But in your life you'll do things

Greater than datin the boy on the football team

But I didn't know it at fifteen

When all you wanted

Was to be wanted

Wish you could go back

And tell yourself what you know now

Back then I swore I was gonna marry him someday

But I realized some bigger dreams in life

And Abigail gave everything she had

To a boy who changed his mind

And we both cried

Cuz when you're fifteen, somebody tells you they love you

You're gonna believe them

And when you're fifteen

Don't forget to look before you fall

I've found time can heal most anything

And you just might be who you're supposed to be

I didn't know who I was supposed to be

at fifteen

Your very first day

Take a deep breath girl

And take a deep breath as you walk through the doors