[ti:No Regrets] [ar:Aesop Rock] [al:Labor Days] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]No rEgrets (Explicit) - Aesop Rock [00:18.36]Lucy was 7 and wore a head of blue barettes [00:20.67]City born into this world with no knowledge and no regrets [00:22.71] [00:25.12]The many faces of the various locals that she would meet [00:27.49]There was joshua age 10 [00:28.80]Bully of the block [00:29.68]Who always took her milk money at the morning bus stop [00:32.42]There was Mrs Crabtree and her poodle [00:33.98]She always gave a wave and holler on her weekly trip down to the bingo [00:36.61]Parlor [00:36.90]And she drew [00:37.53]Men women kids sunsets clouds [00:39.29]And she drew [00:39.95]Skyscrapers fruit stands cities towns [00:41.32]Always said hello to passers-by [00:42.74]They'd ask her why she passed her time [00:44.37]Attachin lines to concrete [00:45.07]But she would only smile [00:46.01]Now all the other children living in or near her building [00:47.98]Ran around like tyrants soaking up the open fire hydrants [00:49.73]They would say [00:50.48]"Hey little Lucy wanna come jump double dutch " [00:52.60]Lucy would pause look grin and say [00:54.28]"I'm busy thank you much" [00:55.73]Well well one year passed [00:56.85]And believe it or not [00:58.04]She covered every last inch of the entire sidewalk [00:59.78]And she stopped- [01:00.40] [01:02.02]She said: [01:02.76] [01:04.91](Chorus: x2) [01:05.28]1 2 3 [01:06.15]That's the speed of the seed [01:07.59]A B C [01:08.15]That's the speed of the need [01:09.71]You can dream a little dream [01:10.90]Or you can live a little dream [01:11.48] [01:12.48]Cuz dreamers always chase [01:12.31]But never get it [01:23.99]Now Lucy was 37 and introverted somewhat [01:26.08]Basement apartment in the same building she grew up in [01:28.01]She traded in her blue barettes for long locks held up with a clip [01:30.63]Traded in her yellow chalk for charcoal sticks [01:32.77]And she drew [01:33.33]Little bobby who would come to sweep the porch [01:35.22]And she drew [01:35.85]The mailman delivered everyday at 4 [01:37.28]Lucy had very little contact with the folks outside her cubicle day [01:39.71]But she found it suitable and she liked it that way [01:42.03]She had a man now: Rico similar hermit [01:44.88]They would only see each other once or twice a week on purpose [01:47.06]They appreciated space and Rico was an artist too [01:48.93] [01:51.62](Look ) [01:51.81]Now every month or so she'd get a knock upon the front door [01:53.98]Just one of the neighbors [01:54.91]Actin nice although she was a strange girl really [01:57.38] [01:58.33]Lucy would smile and say "I'm busy thank you much" [02:01.16]And they would make a weird face the second the door shut [02:03.22]And run and tell their friends how truly crazy Lucy was [02:05.22]And lucy knew what people thought but didn't care [02:07.22]Cuz while they spread their rumors through the street [02:08.90]She'd paint another masterpiece [02:10.02](Chorus x2) [02:28.85]Lucy was 87 upon her death bed [02:30.82]At the senior home where she had previously checked in [02:33.51]Traded in the locks and clips for a head rest [02:35.64]Traded in the charcoal sticks for arthritis it had to happen [02:37.76]And she drew no more just sat and watched the dawn [02:40.45]Had a television in the room that she'd never turned on [02:43.00] [02:45.04]And sat and smiled looked each one over just to laugh at it all [02:47.72]No Rico he had passed 'bout 5 years back [02:49.67]So the visiting hours pulled in a big flock o' nothin [02:51.92]She'd never spoken once throughout the spanning of her life [02:54.23]Until the day she leaned forward grinned and pulled the nurse aside [02:56.59]And she said: [02:57.16]"Look I've never had a dream in my life [02:59.16]Because a dream is what you wanna do but still haven't pursued [03:01.01]I knew what I wanted and did it till it was done [03:03.92]So i've been the dream that I wanted to be since day one " [03:06.54]Well [03:06.79]The nurse jumped back [03:07.48]She'd never heard Lucy even talk [03:09.48]'Specially words like that [03:10.30]She walked over to the door and pulled it closed behind [03:13.02]Then Lucy blew a kiss to each one of her pictures [03:14.96]And she died [03:15.48](Chorus x2) [03:15.86]1 2 3 [03:16.48]A B C