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Eleven
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Folk-Rock
Eleven was released on March 19, 1991 by Seasick Sailor Records as a part of the album Chloe Liked Olivia
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Release DateMarch 19, 1991
LabelSeasick Sailor Records
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM76

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Two Nice Girls
Two Nice Girls
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Kathy Korniloff
Kathy Korniloff
Songwriter

Lyrics

Eleven years old when Janis Joplin died
It was a time in her life full of feminine pride
A wrinkle in time and the wind in the willows
Hiding behind the summer clothes and a pillow
Run along
With a head full of music and a playful heart
With her two best friends, you couldn't tear them apart
Reading notes and measures on Harriet the Spy
King of the Mountain and A Big Blue Sky
So wide
Running like a girl
You go sailing past my window
Chased by traces of the sun
Running like a girl
Meet me in the underbrush
Remember solid ground we touched
In our forested fortresses
Growing up fast on the edge of a storm
There was a peace to keep, a job to perform
Learning well how to settle into so polite
Quietly there by a TV light
So close inside
Proud and stoic with a sense of duty
Knowing they don't notice a developing beauty
If they couldn't listen, there was no mistaking
The dissonant sound of a young heart breaking
Open wide
Watching girlfriends lining up one by one
To pledge allegiance to the woman they would soon become
They all quit sports and got a D in math
You began to follow a narrow path
Once open wide
Still you go running like a girl
You go sailing past my window
Blazing trails against the wind
Out into this world
Finding out about your difference
I will give you love's assistance
Now that I am aware of you
Standing outside and I couldn't speak
Needed a soothing brain balm just to get through the week
I was feeling apathetic from my neck to my shoes
And the gulf between my voice and my heart was you
So far
When I woke from this dream I was thinking of you
How you've always known just what to do
With your skinny brown legs and your face to the sun
Nothing you've known has ever come undone
Heart open wide
And here you are running like a girl
Tearing up my neighborhood
Under a big blue sky
Running like a girl
Meet me in the underbrush
Remember solid ground we touched
Written by: Kathy Korniloff
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