Hand Me Down

There's a blog I recently found written by a woman in her 20's who reminds me of myself at that age. I often reminisce about the empowerment of being on my own with my own job, my own apartment, my own truck, listening to whatever music I wanted, getting home at whatever time I wanted, etc. I was never a party animal but I look back on those days with joy. My memories of that time are very sweet but if I linger there too long, I remember the sour portions and I find myself thankful for the life I have now.

Andy didn't write the following song but he could have, just for me.

Hand Me Down

by Rob Thomas (from Matchbox Twenty's "More Than You Think You Are" CD)

Someday they'll find your small town world on a big town avenue

Gonna make you like the way they talk when they're talking to you

Gonna make you break out of the shell cause they tell you to

Gonna make you like the way they lie better than the truth

They'll tell you everything you wanted someone else to say

They're gonna break your heart, yeah

From what I've seen

You're just a one more hand me down

Cause no one's tried to give you what you need

So lay all your troubles down

I am with you now

Somebody ought to take you in

Try to make you love again

Try to make you like the way they feel

When they're under your skin

Never once did think they'd lie when they're holding you

You wonder why they haven't called

When they said they'd call you

You start to wonder if you're ever gonna make it by

You'll start to think you were born blind

From what I've seen

You're just a one more hand me down

Cause no one's tried to give you what you need

So lay all your troubles down

I am with you now

I'm here for the hard times

The straight to your heart times

Whenever it ain't easy

You can stand up against me

And maybe rely on me

And cry on me, yeah

Oh no, no, no

Some day they'll open up your world

Shake it down on a drawing board

Do their best to change you

They still can't erase you

From what I've seen

You're just a one more hand me down

Cause no one's tried to give you what you need

So lay all your troubles down

I am with you now