Southern Life (What It Must Be Like) Lyrics – Sharon Van Etten
All my life, I closed my eyes
And stumbled in with wayward mind
A stubborn child, but love did have
With one light shining
Overlooked
I wish I knew what you had said
I was hardened by what thoughts you meant
My hands are shaking as a mother
Trying to raise her son right
Why can’t you see it from the other side?
We must imagine what it must be like
The southern life
It’s such a *** lie
Oh, what it must be like
Shall his life be like my *** star
Forever frozen?
No, he’s too smart
I can’t believe what I have seen
I wake up to a *** dream
There is no light
There is no dark
There is no life
Or sense of being
Oh, what it must be like
Oh, what it must be like
Such a southern life
Such a southern life
Oh, what it must be like
Oh, what it must be like
Oh, what it must be like
Oh, what it must be like