She's Gone Serious

from Gold Rush Town by Kate Isenberg

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Did you hear our mystery girl today, and the big word she said in class?
She didn't come with us after school to smoke cigarettes behind the wall.
We saw her writing in a book, with a fancy pen, at the bus stop.
Little Bill went to ask her what was up. She talked like a grown-up.

She's gone serious; she has nixed the trickster once she was.
In her diary, what does she have to say? Is it about us?
She says she's documenting her life. We just laugh.
Fifteen, we're going to live forever; we never worry about things like that.

We don't know this girl: no make-up, but a face of
Someone whose shoulders hold the world, kinda sad, or we don't know what.
Some of us sneaked up to her house. We peeked in through the window.
She was lying flat on the carpet, staring at the ceiling, doing nothing.

She's gone serious; she doesn't have the time of day for us.
She says she's afraid of wasting her life. We just laugh.
Fifteen, we're going to live forever; we never worry about things like that.

She's gone! She's gone serious! (Worry—what, us?)

We tried to forget about her. Then, one day, she came around.
Little Bill held out a cigarette, brand new—and she turned it down!
She told jokes to make us laugh—well, at least she tried.
But she was hiding all of her big words in her diary, with her precious life.

She's gone serious; she can never be the one she was to us.
In her diary, she's got a lot to say, not a bit about us.
She says she's afraid of wasting her life. We just laugh.
Fifteen, we're going to live forever; we never worry about things like that.

Serious! (Worry—what, us?)

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from Gold Rush Town, released April 1, 2010

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Kate Isenberg Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles-based Kate Isenberg’s lyrics recall Joni Mitchell; her alternate-tuning guitar riffs, the dexterity and accessibility of John Mayer. On stage, Isenberg captivates audiences with an emotionally direct presence akin to Sufjan Stevens or Laura Veirs.
Her albums have received critical recognition and nationwide radio play. She has toured top songwriter venues around the U.S. ... more

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