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Twenty-Something Old
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Twenty-Something Old was released on September 9, 2026 by graph as a part of the album Funkaradio #51
September 9, 2026
Labelgraph
LanguageEnglish
BPM90
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Lyrics

We thought he was old
Old old
Uh
He had keys on a ring and a walk with no rush
Knew which bus was late, knew who not to trust
He could fix a chain with one look down
Had a job somewhere on the other side of town
To us, that was ancient, different planet
Full-grown mystery in a faded jacket
He bought his own snacks, had change to spare
Knew where he was going like he'd been everywhere
He said, "Y'all move over," and we moved fast
Not scared exactly, just letting grown folks pass
He knew everybody's brother, knew one card trick
Smelled like soap and bus transfer slips
Twenty-something maybe, we couldn't tell
Anything past eighteen might as well
Have been old enough to know it all
Man, we were twelve—that dude looked tall
We thought he was old
Thought he was old
Thought he was old
Old old
We thought he was old
Probably not
Twenty-something maybe
That's what we thought
Uh
Now I count it backward and it don't add up
Wait, hold on—he wasn't that grown up
Might've been twenty-three, maybe twenty-four
Probably still figuring out what his own keys were for
That faded jacket wasn't ancient at all
That job across town wasn't that far
Maybe he missed buses, maybe got things wrong
Maybe he stood somewhere wondering where he belonged
But back then twenty looked a hundred away
Thirty was a number from some other day
Twelve looked small and the years looked wide
Anybody with a paycheck lived on the other side
Now I count it backward, man, that's strange
Twenty-four didn't sound that way
He had his own keys and somewhere to be
That was old enough for me
We thought he was old
Thought he was old
Thought he was old
Old old
We thought he was old
Probably not
Twenty-something maybe
That's what we thought
Twenty-something
Old old
Twenty-something
That's what we thought
Twenty-something
Old old
Man, what did we know?
That's not tragic
That's just strange
The ruler was bent
When we measured age
Twelve looked small
Twenty looked far
Thirty was outer space
With a car
We thought he was old
Thought he was old
Thought he was old
Old old
We thought he was old
Probably not
Twenty-something maybe
That's what we thought
We thought he was old
Thought he was old
Thought he was old
Old old
We thought he was old
Probably not
Twenty-something maybe
That's what we thought
If he was twenty-four
that's wild
We called him Mister
Written by: shigemaru graph
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