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Almost Young

from Gaslight Illuminations by Oli Spleen

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    Nobody's Listening (except for Susan)
    Gaslight
    Almost Young
    Never Known
    Turning Tide
    Hungarian Dance
    Last Lament
    Little Lost
    Mister Crystal
    Mother & The Spoon
    Ghost
    Furnace

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lyrics

When I was an old man
Many moons ago
Regrets and fears would cloud my years
I had no space to grow

But now the clouds are parting
It feels like spring has sprung
I'm learning how to live life
And I'm nearly almost young

Life is what we make it
I'll contribute my verse
And extract inspiration
From all things I can't reverse

There's feasts that must be tasted
And songs that should be sung
Let me embrace not waste this
Now I'm nearly almost young

And as we play the game of life
We find it's not so fair
'Cause though we fight with all our might
It seems we go nowhere

And as we climb the ladders
We find snakes on every rung
A slide to the inevitable
Ending that must come

So when I'm on my death bed
Be it near or far away
I hope I will have few regrets
Blown chances, wasted days

'Cause we're only here so briefly
As we satellite a sun
Whose rays give light and life
So we may learn to become young

credits

from Gaslight Illuminations, released February 9, 2019
Vocals - Oli Spleen
Piano - Mishkin Fitzgerald
Violins - Hana Maria
Bass - Steve Johnson
Synths, Programming, & Additional Keys - Forbes Coleman

Words and Melody - Oli Spleen

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Oli Spleen Brighton, UK

A solo artist since 2012, Oli Spleen started making music way back in 2003 with his first band The Flesh Happening.

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