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Toby Lyrics by Proper. (USA)

I Spent the Winter Writing Songs About Getting Better

2019

[Verse 1]
When I was 6 my parents said I could be anything
Now it’s either a homemaker with a $10k diamond ring
Or student loans for life all for an unwanted degree
It’s not that I think they they want the worst for me
It’s just that we have different ideas of "happy"
I was just a kid last year and now I’m planning my life out by 18
Too scared to fail so I’ll do the sure thing

[Chorus 1]
I won’t be satisfied, but a job’s a job
I won’t have to worry my head at night
Because I really need my sleep
I work 50 hours this week
But security is worth it, right?

[Verse 2]
I turn twenty six next week
What the fuck?! Where did the time go
Never made it to LA or Chicago
I got my second kid on the way though
So you know what that means??
More vacation days wasted in Florida
My parents must be so proud
That I can waste $40 on popcorn and soda

[Chorus 2]
I’m not satisfied, wasted the best years of my life
And now I’m getting old
All that for a dollar raise, and seventy hours next week
My body aches head-to-toe

[Instrumental Bridge]

[Outro]
Both parents are dead as of last week
None of my kids speak to me, I guess this is fifty?
But is it fucked up I feel relief?
I can finally live for me, what’s my life gonna be?
I start a creative writing class next week
Maybe I’ll finish that novel I started at twenty?
God, I hope they like me

About “Toby” by Proper. (USA)

Read the complete lyrics to "Toby" by Proper. (USA) from the album "I Spent the Winter Writing Songs About Getting Better" in 2019. 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 Rock.

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"Toby" appears on "I Spent the Winter Writing Songs About Getting Better" in 2019.

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