Just Beginning

from Polk County Line by Ryan Sheeler

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Just Beginning – words and music by Ryan Sheeler

VERSE 1
He wasn’t more than 18 years old
I don’t remember his name
He walked in and sat down with us,
hardened men twice his age

He said it was first time…like all the rest
Got caught up in a fight
I wondered who his parents were,
If they’re cryin’ for him tonight?

CHORUS
What’s between me and him
I asked myself as the TV blared
If our ages are so different
Maybe it’s the prison we all share

Me I never planned on bein’ here,
but I pulled a knife, the police came runnin’
Now I’m playin’ cards with some new friends
My life’s endin’ and this kid’s is just beginning

VERSE 2
What made me hurt so bad,
was how he wanted to be like us.
It’s a new kind of Technicolor life
When your days run out of luck

Something shook me so hard
When I found out his age
Barely 18 and he’s way too young
To be livin’ in this place

CHORUS

c. 2011 Ryan Sheeler/Highway 30 Music ASCAP

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from Polk County Line, released July 12, 2011

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