Just the Same
                The Ian Parsons Reject

from the album Late On Time (2000)
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G                              F                               C
Senior portrait in a frame, twelve years gone but I feel the same
Sister smiles on the other side, shes seen me laugh and heard me cry.
I never thought that Id be here, back at home after all these years
Leafing through the picture books, in 30 years Ive had 50 looks

CHORUS
D                              G              C                   D  
So hows it that we get so old, inside these eyes many stories told
The soundtrack always seems to change, but actually I still feel just the same.

My first true love still makes me smile, I remember though its been awhile
Sheilas kiss was on my list, my freshman year so full of bliss
Some have gone and some have never left, its in the past but I still reflect
I love the man that I am today, but the child inside will never go away

CHORUS #2
It blows my mind to be here today, true love is just a breath away
Back to the basics, growing pains. The many things that changed are still the same.

G                                   F                        C
All the little babies are graduating.  My Faith keeps growing as my egos fading
There comes a time to miss old friends and hope that you see them all again
30 something but I feel like 5. Im at a turning point, try to stay alive.
An old man looking through a young mans eyes. The skys still blue, the babies still cry.
And Im back at home, but did I ever leave cause Im still wearing my heart on my sleeve

CHORUS #3
D       G       C       D  
So hows it that you get so old, inside your eyes many stories told
The soundtrack always seems to change, but actually I still feel just the same

OUTRO REFRAIN (uses verse progression   G     F    C    G)
(this line spoken) At times my lifes led me astray.
So I would not could not in a box. I will not do that with a fox. 
I will not do that in a car. I still might sing in a local bar.
I just might do that in the rain, take a ride with you on a Southbound train.
I would not, I couldnt in a boat you know I will not, I will not with a goat
I feel the same whether here or there. I feel the same almost anywhere
(when Im with yooooouuuuu, when Im with yooooouuuuuuu.)