“CHANGES EVERY DAY”

This song (which can be heard on the Music & Videos page of this website) marks the climax of The Anarchist Girl, when an ingrown brother and his sybaritic sister, who have been wasting themselves in different ways, resolve to move beyond their static, self-involved lives and enter a perilous world where nothing is certain. To me this is a choice that continually faces almost all of us, in small ways and large. –J. Linn Allen

STEVIE

YOU CAN MAKE LIFE A PARTY

YOU CAN MAKE LIFE A SHOW

ALWAYS THE FIRST TO GET THERE AND THE LAST TO GO

 IT’S A LIFE I KNOW

LATELY IT SEEMS A LIFE I COULD OUTGROW

I’VE WORKED TO SHAPE MY IMAGE

LAUGHING AND UNAFRAID

BIDDING A QUICK GOODBYE TO EVERY MESS I MADE

ALL THE DEBTS UNPAID

LATELY THERE’S BEEN THIS VOICE I CAN’T EVADE  

SAYING IT’S TIME TO CHANGE BEFORE MY TIME BEGINS TO FADE

TED

YOU ARE CHANGING JUST LIKE ME

YOU’RE SEARCHING FOR A CLUE

TO FIND SOME SENSE IN WHO YOU ARE,

A PURPOSE YOU CAN CLING TO

YOU MAKE YOUR CHOICE  

BUT CAN’T BE SURE

IF WHAT YOU CHOOSE IS TRUE  

PERHAPS WE FIND THAT CERTAIN PATH  

IT’S ALWAYS HARD TO TELL

WE CARRY TRUTH INSIDE OUR HEARTS

BUT OFTEN FALSEHOOD AS WELL  

WE STAKE OUR LIVES,

WE MAKE OUR BEDS,  

MAKE HEAVEN OR MAKE HELL

BUT WHEN WE FEEL

THAT WE’VE BEEN CALLED

WE CAN’T IGNORE THE SOUND

WE KNOW THAT IT’S THE TIME TO TURN AROUND

STEVIE

I’VE ALWAYS LIKED TO PARTY

I’VE ALWAYS LIKED TO PLAY

BUT WHEN THE PARTY’S DONE YOU HAVE TO TAKE A CHANCE.

TRY A DIFFERENT DANCE

CHANGING TO MEET THE CHANGES ON THE WAY

TED

WE’LL GO OUT THERE

WE’LL TAKE A CHANCE

YOU AND ME

STEVIE

OR FIND ANOTHER PARTY

TED

NO…WE’LL FIND A WAY TO CHANGE THINGS

STEVIE

AND IF WE FAIL AT LEAST WE KNOW WE’VE GIVEN ALL WE CAN

TED

THE WORLD IS CHANGING ALL AROUND    

STEVIE

AND WE CAN’T LIVE JUST GETTING BY

TED

            WE’LL FACE WHATEVER COMES

STEVIE

           WE’LL TRY TO FIND SOME ANSWERS    

TED

           AND IF DEATH COMES?

           IF DEATH SHOULD PLAY A PART

STEVIE

          THEN DEATH IS PART OF HOW WE LIVE

TED

          A PART WE CHOOSE FOREVER

STEVIE

          THERE’S ALWAYS DEATH

           IT’S ALWAYS PART OF WHAT WE DO

TED

           WE STEP OUTSIDE

           WE DIE OUTSIDE

STEVIE

           AND THAT IS HOW

           WE LEARN TO LIVE

TED

           WE TEST LIFE OUT

           WE TRY IT

STEVIE

           THE TESTS ARE ALWAYS CHANGING  

TED, STEVIE

WE MEET OUR FATES

WE UNDERSTAND

 THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES

            AND IF WE DON’T MAKE CHANGES YET

             IF HOPE IS ALL WE GET  

             WE’LL GO WITHOUT REGRET  

             SO WHAT ELSE CAN WE SAY?

TED

  LIFE CHANGES EVERY DAY

STEVIE

WE’RE CHANGING EVERY DAY

TED, STEVIE

WE CHANGE THINGS DAY BY DAY.