[ti:Midtown Waitress] [ar:The Paper Kites] [al:On the Corner Where You Live] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Midtown Waitress - The Paper Kites [00:06.75]Lyrics by:Sam Bentley [00:13.51]Composed by:Sam Bentley [00:20.27]Produced by:The Paper Kites/Peter Katis [00:27.02]Oh momma I don't want to sit and listen to [00:31.43]What you're talking about [00:37.46]We're both young and we're going move to the city [00:40.77]Yeah we found a little place up there [00:48.04]We don't need a lecture 'bout things that could go wrong [00:52.46]I'm not a child no more [00:57.86]So let me be my own [01:01.88]Let me be my own [01:08.95]So I got a job as a waitress [01:12.25]It's not much but we're getting by [01:19.51]Three months in we're happy and we're living [01:22.88]Like I told you we could be [01:30.21]Every time I call you yeah you're crying [01:33.74]And I don't want to do you wrong [01:40.26]But I'm not coming home [01:43.84]Let me be my own [02:06.60]Oh the things we do [02:09.68]To make it on our own [02:17.74]People say this town is fast and if you don't hold on [02:22.03]It blows you back to where you came from [02:28.23]God is money loves a game [02:30.32]And everyone is angry at the president [02:38.80]Protests on the streets people shouting [02:42.24]And I'll say that I'm angry too [02:49.07]But not enough to go [02:52.38]I'm trying to be my own [03:05.07]Hey ma it's been a while yeah I'm just checking in [03:09.68]Seeing how you've been [03:15.75]Nothing's wrong I'm doing fine no that's a lie [03:20.18]I'm not doing so well [03:26.21]Lost my job and Joey found religion [03:29.50]And he also found another girl [03:36.22]That's not how it's supposed to go [03:39.39]And I'm missing home [03:41.93]I'm trying to be my own but I [03:44.99]Guess I just feel a little alone [03:52.06]Oh the things we do [03:55.36]To make it on our own