Nine Days - Miss Alva Maria lyrics

I know I'm young
But it's the oldest I've ever been
I'm 23 now, halfway to 24
I'll never see these years again
So don't make me ask again
And hold out this old tin cup
Just reach out for my reaching hands
And pull me up

Got no trouble staying thin
And might think that I've been blessed
Lord you know that I'd say yes
God smiles upon the hungry, while you laugh
In this second story novel, that I call home
Up the stairs and down the hall
Its just like turning the page
Got no rugs upon my floors
But it'll have to do for now
But I'm only getting older

And I worry about MISS ALVA MARIA
Though she'll never even know that I exist
Well we lost her 15 years ago
But I've been finding her all my life
There's something about the way she
Looks that moves me
There's something about the way she
Loves that moves me

This stale cigarette smoke, still clings
To my shirt, my hair and my hands
Well you know I ain't making jack
But you know that I'll be back
I've got nothing else to offer
I've got nothing else to offer
This is all I've got to offer

And I worry about MISS ALVA MARIA
Though she'll never even know that I exist
Well we lost her 15 years ago but
I've been finding her all my life
There's something about the way she
Looks that moves me
There's something about the way she
Loves that moves me
There's something about how she loses
It all that moves me
Won't you tell me what it's
Like to be remembered?

I know I'm young
But this is the oldest I've ever been
I'm 23 now, halfway to 24
I'll never see these years again