Ode To The Promise Of Youth

from Sportsman Of The Year by Jan Hellriegel

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    Jan Hellriegel is a New Zealand songwriter, performer, producer, music publisher, business owner, mother, suburban philosopher, prolific social media commentator and, now, writer. She is also a passionate advocate for local music artists and the protection of their works and rights, and a noted music copyright expert. This is her first book.

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    ABOUT THE AUTHOR 

    Jan Hellriegel is a New Zealand songwriter, performer, producer, music publisher, business owner, mother, suburban philosopher, prolific social media commentator and, now, writer. She is also a passionate advocate for local music artists and the protection of their works and rights, and a noted music copyright expert. This is her first book.

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    Music, Wellbeing, Philosophy

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR 

    Jan Hellriegel is a New Zealand songwriter, performer, producer, music publisher, business owner, mother, suburban philosopher, prolific social media commentator and, now, writer. She is also a passionate advocate for local music artists and the protection of their works and rights, and a noted music copyright expert. This is her first book.

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lyrics

ODE TO THE PROMISE OF YOUTH

There it goes the promise of youth
Of handsome and might
There it goes faster than light
These are the stories we have told
These are the stories which go round and round till they get old

And I see you
You're in her eyes
She has your way about her
And shows such promise
And so it goes on
Round and round
Till the stories get told and they make no sound
And the reasons why and the reasons because
And the reasons go round and round and round
Until they've gone

I remember the drive
We were young and we were so free
And we had things we had to do
Things seemingly so easy

And I see you
You're in her eyes
She has your way about her
And shows such promise
And so it goes on
Round and round
Till the stories get old and they make no sound
And the reasons why and the reasons because
And the reasons go round and round and round
Until they've gone

Last thing I said was
"Have a great day you,
We just live down the road now,
It was so good to bump in to you"

And the stories get old
They go round and round
And the stories get told ‘til they make no sound
And the reasons why and the reasons because
And the reasons go round and round and round
Until they've gone

They go round and round and round and round until they've gone

Goodbye you x

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from Sportsman Of The Year, released May 12, 2019

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Jan Hellriegel Auckland, New Zealand

Award winning songwriter Jan Hellriegel has recorded several albums – including hit debut It’s My Sin in 1992, Tremble 1995 , and most recently the critically-acclaimed All Grown Up 2009. The Lost Songs album was release in May 2013 and is a rediscovered collection of demo/live tunes. Just has released a few co-writes in the last few years and 2019 will see the release of her 4th studio album. ... more

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