Music: Aimee Carty
They'd asked you what you like,
and you said what my sister's having
same new bike, same new shoes
When you were four and I was six or seven
always right,Β in your eyes
and on I led the way with pride, those years ago
It turned to night
close out the door
curl up in bed
but leave on the light
we'd read books
you'd read yours
and I'd read mine
but I'd help you with the words you didn't know
Oh I still see you at the edge of your bed
with your freckles and those curls on your head
I never thought I'd learn so much from you
and for the most part I'm just proud
but I guess a part of me thought it'd always be the other way around
I never thought I'd learn so much from you
I guess I thought I knew it all
I'm sorry I'm just not as great as
both of us had thought when we were small
They'd asked you what's your name
and you'd look at me
and you'd stand behind
see you were shy the year
that you were turning seven I was nine
But you soon grew to be quite talkative
and grew to be quite sure
dosen't seem all that long ago
when we were both sat on the floor
when we drew pictures of places
that we'd visit in our dreams
turned into stories then to poems
when you were twelve and I fourteen
the year I realised I wasn't always right
and that one hurt
I always thought that I knew more
and that was just the way it worked
cause I still see you at the edge of your bed
with your freckles and those cruls on your head
I never thought I'd learn so much from you
and for the most part I'm just proud
but I guess a part of me just hoped it'd always be the other way around
I never thought I'd learn so much from you
I guess I thought I knew it all
I'm sorry I'm just not as great as both of us had thought when we are small
and I know I'm probably sounding selfish
and I'm probably sound a fool
cause of course I want the whole world wide and open for you too
I was just much better
as a younger older sister
I hope that it's okay that for a moment I just missed her
But I know how far you'll go
I don't know it all
But I know it's lovely who we are
though it's so lovely who we were
when we were small