Eleven
Album: My Cousin Healy - LIVE
By: T Strickland
By: T Strickland
Duration
4:58
Genres
Description
A haunting violin accentuates a driving beat and acoustic guitars and introduce you to Eleven. The song is ultimately about finding and keeping hope despite the disillusions we are surrounded by as we grow up. The recording is intentionally gritty and raw, painting a picture of life on the streets.
Lyrics
Cary built her house in a tunnel along the highway/marks off another step, closer now to L.A./Throws off the name mama gave her and calls herself eleven/she said seven wasn’t lucky enough/You wouldn’t know it now to see her passing by/it wasn’t long ago she was standing tall at the top of her world/Stepped off the edge and thought she’d fly/’til she hit the floor and woke up finding faith is a lie/And she’ll tell you over again/She doesn’t have the time to cry/There’s a thousand miles in the years that lie ahead/Eleven’s gonna learn to fly Eleven built her dreams on something her daddy told her/He said you got a talent girl/but you ain’t too bright so you’d better make it pay/She never cared for schooling graduated with life lessons/Yeah she watched movies to learn the right things to say/Another ne’er do well another soul to sell/But it was worth the cost to buy her own way out of this hell/Locked herself deep inside so she’d never tell/she was burning up with fate and desire/And she’ll tell you over again/She doesn’t have the time to cry/There’s a thousand miles in the years that lie ahead/Eleven’s gonna learn to fly, yes she is Mister can you spare a dollar?/Blind yourself and walk away/Worth the price to find you dreamer/Walking on your fancy feet/And pray to open up your eyes and see the ending/Pick the right one and use your wiles/yeah that’s your ticket out Wait for the rising sun/another battle won/It’s just another day in the streets of this place some call heaven/Swore all along she’d find a savior there/and hope can hide in the darkest places And she’ll tell you over again/She doesn’t have the time to cry/There’s a thousand miles in the years that lie ahead/Eleven’s gonna learn to fly Oh yes she is
