We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Naivety and Innocence

from Ten Lives by Jenifer Freebairn

/

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Includes unlimited streaming of Ten Lives via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 2 days

      $9.99 USD or more 

     

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 USD  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

about

Written by Jenifer Freebairn

lyrics

Once I dreamt of a kid soldier
Proud to guard the cold stone walls
Of an old fort long-abandonned
Obsolete and harboring nothing at all

But I was wide awake
Where did that thought come from?
It couldn't have been me in there
I'm the one they counted on

There is a time
For naivety and innocence
To go the way of all that is devoured by experience

You've known so much about me
For such a long time
Now your secret is out
And I'm so far behind

Sometimes the things I really want
They take so long it seems
Finally to catch up
With all the things I think I need

There is a time
For naivety and innocence
To go the way of all that is devoured by experience

Youth caresses its wisdom
Like a child it's first cigarette
Like fire to the branches
Of a dead tree - or did you forget?

Until experience
The morning after tiptoes through
A ballerina dancing scherzo
On white cake in lead shoes

There is a time
For naivety and innocence
To go the way of all that is devoured by experience
(repeat)

credits

from Ten Lives, released January 17, 2015
Piano (Intro), Fender Rhodes & Vocal: Jenifer Freebairn
Piano: Zac Rae
Electric Guitar: Nels Cline
Bass: David J. Carpenter
Drums: Brian MacLeod
Saxophones: Maia Sharp

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Jenifer Freebairn image

Jenifer Freebairn California

I am an L.A. songwriter now roaming the wide open spaces of the Sonoma Coast.

Music is magic you make out of thin air; out of every moment up until now, out of desire, misheard words, triumphs and missteps. Music is my ride and I hope you enjoy these songs I've written along the way. ... more

contact / help

Contact Jenifer Freebairn

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Report this track or account

If you like Jenifer Freebairn, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featured guests are the golden-voiced Baby Rose and psyche soulsters Brainstory.
listen now