Stony Brook

from STONY BROOK by Stevenn Beck

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 USD  or more

     

lyrics

STONY BROOK   (c) by Stevenn Beck

the mets won the flag and I should have been glad
but dad stares at the set so depressed
the store is sorry they hired me
while the girl I love has moved on and left
I'm new to the university
lonely after all these years
still so quiet and way too skinny
in a strong wind I'd disappear

stiing in the union trying to read
watching all the people walk on by
then a guy from high school said "hey SJ
want to meet some new friends tonite?
who's that guy with the giant's sweatshirt
saying morrison is still alive
we meet him and crazy andy
just a kid but kind of wild

I've never had anyone to joke with
hang around with anytime at all
I've never been anywhere cept my life
skating on thin ice back to the wall
skating on thin ice back to the wall

I must have missed it
I couldn't see what was there for me
I couldn't risk it
I was just too blind to see
stony brook stony brook
a bridge to somewhere else for me
stony brook stony brook
a bridge to somewhere else for me

suddenly I could share my time
friends to laugh with speak my mind
I can't tell you what that meant to mr
months went by i could feel a change
old time feelings rearranged
came a series of events impossible to believe...

andy and I got really tight
the night the princess stood him up
the night of the fight
standing in the darkness
sharing the snow and the cold
sleeping in the library during class
searching for diners that did not last
laughing it up with andy david and joe

summertime came and the feeling dawned
time to cut the umbilical chord
I was twenty going on fiteen
time to say goodbye to my family
and when september came around
I had moved to another town
I was proud I could leave my friends
a beginning not an end
had my self-respect
but in the fall I'd be alone again

credits

from STONY BROOK, released March 1, 2013

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Stevenn Beck New York, New York

Stevenn lives in NYC and has been writing music for more than 30 years. He has performed at "Open Mike" concerts in Maryland, in Washington Square Park as well Manhattan/West Village. Stevenn is also an actor/writer, with credits in several small movies as well as in local theatre. His original retro folk-rock music can be previewed
at www.shoutcast.com/Internet-Radio/stevenn%20bec
... more

contact / help

Contact Stevenn Beck

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Stevenn Beck, you may also like: