WE ALL START OUT SO BEAUTIFUL P. PASCOE: words & P. DREDGE: music
SEE THE OLD SCHOOL PHOTO
THE PRECIOUS SPARK IN THE EYES OF MOST
WHO’D’VE EVER THOUGHT THAT LATER
SOME WOULD LOOK LIKE A SHADOW OF A GHOST
OF A PROMISE THAT SET SAIL
INTO AN OCEAN OF POSSIBILITIES
A LETTER IN THE MAIL
WHAT HAPPENED ON THE WAY
WHEN WE ALL START OUT
WE ALL START OUT SO BEAUTIFUL
SHAKING BEHIND OUR FENCES
EARLY BELIEFS THEY CRUMBLE INTO DUST
WE SURVIVE BY RECREATING
AND WE SURVIVE COS WE KNOW THAT WE MUST
WE CARRY ON ONE STEP ONE AT A TIME
NEW PLANS EVERY DAY
WHAT HAPPENS ALONG THE WAY
WHEN WE ALL START OUT
WE ALL START OUT SO BEAUTIFUL
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