Alyssa

Middle age, losing my purpose  
Or so it seemed, but resurfaced  
A maiden took me into her fold  
Was half my age, but on me she was sold.
 
She taught me to smile and live again  
And she said I don't need  
To drink you up to a ten.

We talked about love that was lost  
How even the young still pay the cost
I finally gave in aft' much perseverance  
From my sad state she became my deliverance.
 
She taught me to smile and live again  
And she said I don't need  
To drink you up to a ten.
 
She wanted me to feel young again  
To forget my pain, then we'd both win  
Think we're all middle age crazy now and then  
What I would give to be nineteen again.  

(BREAK)
 
(on new start .... )
She taught me to smile and live again  
And she said I don't need  
To drink you up to a ten.
 
We parted ways, said it was best  
Now I can say, like all the rest  
She did bring out the rebel in me  
I still have it, not just fantasy.
 
She taught me to smile and live again  
And she said I don't need  
To drink you up to a ten.
 
Even after all these years, I still miss her  
And what she gave me, I was not her chore.
 
She taught me to smile and live again  
And she said I don't need  
To drink you up to a ten ....  
 
And she said I don't need  
To drink you up to a ten.
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A song about mid-life crises.  
And the woman half his age who 'makes him live again'.  
 
We all need this at some point ....  
 
(folk ballad)