Keep it Inside
©2011 Larry Krone
Sweet sixteen
And I just learned how to drive
Combined with all the drinking
It’s a wonder I’m still alive
Holly is a girl
I met through Mark
Standing around drinking
Hanging out in the park
Now Heather’s another story
I guess you ought to know
I used to kind of date her
But she told everyone I’m too slow
And Heather and Holly
Are stuck like glue
So to get to know Holly better
I have to hang out with Heather, too
Well, it’s fun to be a young man
That I can’t deny
But things that happen
Can make you want to cry
You think you’re so strong
And you act real tough
But someday that dam will break
When the right one calls your bluff
So I keep it inside
Close the door
Losing my shit tonight
Is a luxury I can’t afford
So I brace myself for what’s in store
Playing guitar, drinking beer, trying not to show any fear
Out of control, looking for fun, hanging out, falling in love
I can’t really tell you why
But I keep it inside
We go to Holly’s house
And her parents are gone
Her older brother’s with his buddies
Smoking bongs
We hang out in the kitchen
Playing quarters with gin
Holly swallows the quarter
Then we play with it again
Heather’s getting nasty
Drunk and mean
Holly’s brother is really stoned
And starting to make a scene
Picking on Holly
Just family stuff I guess
But the look that Holly gives me
Says S.O.S.
Suddenly it starts to rain
And we jump up from our chairs
Me and Holly
Got to get out of there
Goodbye to Heather
And the perils inside
We need to run out of that place
And leave it all behind
Keep it inside
Just slam the door
We’ve got the whole damn rest of our lives
To think about what’s in store
But tonight just for us there’s a summer storm
Take my hand, kick off your shoes, we’ve got a lot of kissing to do
Open the door, let’s go outside, out in the rain, just for a while
We’re gonna leave the world behind
And keep it inside
Out there in the rainstorm
We lie together in the street
Making out in the river
Of water and leaves
I don’t remember
How the kissing ends
But I’ll always remember Holly
And I’ll never see her again