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BONUS: Shielding the Future

from 2Sides: Choices / Lolly and Tony + BONUS by Bobby Faria

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This is a song from my first album that I decided to include for free if you buy the 2Side Single

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Childhood is not an easy thing. I don't think that it should be easy, though ...because if it is, it won't prepare you for adulthood which is when life really gets difficult.

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When I was young, I tried to be all things to everyone
looking in a mirror … always made me want to run
But every year another fear was put to pasture
Day by day, I became my Fathers son.
I survived the slings and arrows of misfortune
Learned to laugh away the pain and have some fun
and in time, I came to like what I’d become

I remember un-requited love for a girl who didn’t know my name
Fear of her rejection made me slink away ashamed.
Watching from afar I used to wonder…
how to fan her passion into flames
then feeling like a fool while others woo’ed her
I’d never even tried to stake a claim
and I knew I only had myself to blame


(CHORUS) As the failures of our youth subside
We use the answers they provide
to build our armor strong enough to last
… Shielding the Future from the past


Children grow up slower now than they ever did before
They’ve all been so protected they can’t even find the door
With that iPhone in their face they’ll never see it
they all DEPEND ON Google TO BE smart
Lose or win, they always got their trophys,
but it’s failure that has wisdom to impart
so the real world is sure to break their heart

At 60 years of age I see things clearer than before
The blunders of my childhood I no longer answer for..
Getting older has its drawbacks and its problems
.. and dying’s terrifying that’s for sure
But when we know our armor is unbroken
being younger loses most of its allure
and trouble’s not so hard to endure

(CHORUS) As the failures of our youth subside
We use the answers they provide
to build our armor strong enough to last
… Shielding the Future from the past
Shielding the Future from the past…

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from 2Sides: Choices / Lolly and Tony + BONUS, released June 12, 2022

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Bobby Faria Boston, Massachusetts

Award Winning Guitarist, Saxophonist, Singer and Songwriter from Boston, Massachusetts

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