she was a young girl in motion another ripple in the ocean gathering up all her force into a wave another year or four and she was tearing up the floor and tearing down anyone who tore into her way she was dragging like an anchor full of righteousness and rancor running down her revolutionary road yeah she set me straight alright on what was wrong and what was right with all the wisdom of a 22 year old loosen up look around you you don t have to drive yourself into the ground you re only young and so afraid to see the world and all its many shades of gray she said i grew up with a feeling i d be hanging from the ceiling by the time i hit the age of 25 but the more i keep breathin without looking for a reason well the more that i am glad to be alive and i don t know why i don t know why i don t know why i don t know why