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Can't Blame A Kid

from Best Wishes by MAITA

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lyrics

My old friend she used to be a dick

She’s got millions of holes in her map by now and what’d she get So smart such a part time fool

Putting up her paint just to rile up the crew

And I stood still beside her

Warming her plans while she laid out the others

Now I’m so glad I wasn’t her

I was catching the glow and then going back to mother


I’ve got a moment I’ll write it and spill it

Cause the illness is creeping in

Who can I pin it on well

She stole all the light front the room

I was the better friend

I was one of the few

And they all caught up to you

Tore up the pavement like I knew they would

And this is entirely half true

I’m gonna bleed out the colors so I don’t hurt you


You can’t blame a kid any more than a dog

Any move that she made

Was the natural call

Though I wish I could claim I was above it all

I was there the whole time I just watched

If I was let in maybe I’d take the fall

And the world would be strange to behold from this hole
 But I was scared and ashamed
And I ran from the frame

As I still do today

As I still do today

But I cannot blame...
I can’t blame a kid any more

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from Best Wishes, released May 15, 2020

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