Name: 16 Year-Old Girl
Duration: P00H04M03S
Description: Written about Tim’s daughter, who was indeed 16 at the time, and seemed unaware of just how powerful she was becoming. Her eye roll remains one of her most potent weapons.

16 Year-Old Girl

from Super by Wonderlick

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Written about Tim’s daughter, who was indeed 16 at the time, and seemed unaware of just how powerful she was becoming. Her eye roll remains one of her most potent weapons.

lyrics

LYRICS

You can sting
You can stun
You know more than anyone
You are awesome
You are mean
You aren’t even seventeen

When you laugh
I can tell
You’re uncomfortable as hell
When you whisper
When you wink
You are stronger than you think

There are some holes in your soul cuz we steal them
One of the goals of rock and roll is to reveal them
And though your folks and their bad jokes can’t console you
They try to slow but they know they can’t control you

School is hard
So are friends
Because everyone pretends
They are awesome
They are mean
They aren’t even seventeen

There are times
You forget
All the arcane etiquette
It’s in these moments
We perceive
Hidden capabilities

credits

from Super, released September 11, 2015
Recorded and mixed by Johannes Luley at My Sonic Temple, Los Angeles, CA

Robin Hathaway: Vocals
Johannes Luley: Cuatro, Piano, Drum and synth programming, Loops, Tambourine
Jay - Bass, Acoustic and electric guitars, Vocals
Tim - Melodica, Bodhran, Vocals

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