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tommy boy - jake heckley lyrics

born in the daytime come alive in the night
the story starts in august out of sight out of mind
no thoughts of growing up no thoughts of fighting time

while tommy slowed it down he took a puff and got high
and i met him back in school a satirical best friend
he would always chase the girls nicknamed the king of west end
we rocked the same style shopped thrift stores and all
envisioned surfing socal grew our hair out long

and it seemed that nothing ever could distract us form the day
but it never stopped his mom from ringing up his phone to say
tommy boy you better smarten up
you got too much potential to be giving up

but he’s just a kid who’s only seen the streets of his hometown
so the idea to dream was big enough to get him down
he refused to follow the trail like the ones who did before him
so blind to see these dreams could star in california
so we practiced in my bas*m*nt and went banging on the drums
layered all the tracks and heard it back through the subs
played it for our friends everybody bobbed their heads
house parties were our kingdom till the clubs became a trend

such is so is life when you’re growing up so fast
you’re trying to take it in before the cycle starts to crash
tommy boy you better smarten up
you’ll never find those dreams in the back of the club

what once served as a drug is now not even enough
he went searching for his happiness and said its in love
when he came up empty handed he would slip into sorrow
a man of the moment became a man of tomorrow
and what about the music it seems we have taken a break
but you gotta stay focused that’s how you make it today
mediocrity became more favourable than fame
it was the creaking cry of adulthood that scared him straight

now he’s sleeping on ambition works the 9*5
thinking back on days when he could have changed his life
tells the story to his kids and his wife
but tommy boy i hope you’re doing alright

you gotta leave your hometown before it consumes you

- jake heckley lyrics

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