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Jean Lyrics by Proper. (USA)

The Great American Novel

2022

[Verse 1]
You should've turned 30 this year
You should've been pursuing an art career
Would've made a great civil engineer
You could've won championship rings
You could've stuck with the drums, I'd sing
You could've been so many things

[Verse 2]
They let a brilliant mind like yours
Waste away behind a locked door
Two and a half weeks, four walls
And a cold concrete floor
And you spoke three languages
But there's no talking your way out of this
I know I wouldn't have lasted as long as you did

[Chorus]
I haven't been in the same room since I was 23
And I always thought I'd see you again eventually

[Verse 3]
And the last time we spoke
I was chasing you down for money you owed
(I don't have a rhyme for this, I'm just ashamed)
Too broke to fly out to the service
Never seen the plot you're buried in
But I think about you every day

[Chorus]
And I haven't been in the same room since I was 23
I always thought I'd see you again eventually
Like something on TV, catch up like old friends over coffee
But sometimes there's no cutscenes or resolutions
Just endings

[Outro]
--news has obtained an internal review by Immigration and Customs Enforcement that reveals how staff at an immigration detention center in Georgia violated agency regulations in the case of a detainee who died by suicide in 2017. 27-year-old Jean Carlos Jiménez-Joseph killed himself after being held in solitary confinement for 18 days at ICE's Stewart Detention Center. The Panamanian national was a diagnosed schizophrenic who had tried killing himself once before at the facility
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About “Jean” by Proper. (USA)

Read the complete lyrics to "Jean" by Proper. (USA) from the album "The Great American Novel" in 2022. On Lyrks you can follow along with the full text, explore the artist's discography, and discover related songs. The track is often categorized under Math Rock, Alternative Rock, Alternative.

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"Jean" is credited to Proper. (USA). Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Jean" appears on "The Great American Novel" in 2022.

Visit the Proper. (USA) artist page at /artist/proper-usa for biography, popular tracks, and links to more lyric pages.

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