This Is My 23 (Val's Version)

Not too long ago when I'd get home

I'd find my mother at the door

She'd be worried if I got home past eight

But lately I've been staying out till four

I used to be afraid of strangers

Wouldn't even try to talk to my neighbors

'Cause of all those stories in the papers all year

But now I get into strangers' cars

And I meet them when I'm out at bars

And I tell them my place ain't too far from here

I feel too much and I talk too little and

When my friends fight, I get caught in the middle

But no one said it would get more simple at all

I'm messy and impulsive and I'm quick to judge

Got a habit of falling in and out of love

But it's all just a part of growing up, you see

This is just my 23

Oh, this is just my 23

Half my friends are married with kids and the other half

Still gotta ask their parents to go out past 10

Half my friends, they hate the drama

But the other half, it's like high school never ends

And dating is such a fucking pain

Guys in their 20's, they're all insane

But guys in their 30's play the same old games

It's like nothing ever fucking changes

I look to my girl who just got engaged

And I can't help but feel a bit ashamed

But I know that our timelines ain't the same and that's okay

'Cause I feel too much and I talk too little and

When my friends fight, I get caught in the middle

But no one said it would get more simple at all

I'm messy, impulsive, I'm quick to judge

Got a habit of falling in and out of love

But it's all just a part of growing up, you see

This is just my 23

Oh, this is just my 23

I may not have everything I wanted

But just two years ago I put myself through college and

I made friends I can only hope won't forget me

I'm on my way to better things

Is it a better job, is it a diamond ring?

'Cause no matter what this life may bring, I'm ready