Older Sister Lyrics - Songs From The Trees: A Musical Memoir Collection - Carly Simon

She rides in the front seat... 

She's my older sister. 

She knows her power over me. 

She goes to bed an hour later than I do 

When she turns the lights out 

What does she think about? 

And what does she do in the daylight that makes her so great? 

Oh, but to be... 

Oh, but to be 

Oh, but to be 

I'd like to be... 

My older sister... 

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She flies through the back door. 

She's my older sister. 

She throws French phrases 'round the room. 

She has ice skates and legs that fit right in. 

She's wicked to all the beaming dreamers who later 

Boast of an evening by her fiery side. 

Oh but to be... 

I'd like to be 

Please let me be 

Oh let me be... 

My older sister... 

And in her black gymnastic tights 

She runs into some elastic nights 

Sophisticated sister sings for the soldiers of the soccer team. 

Their silver ideas and sororities 

They tinker with love and their Model T's 

Oh Lord... 

Won't you let me be her for just one day? 

Photos 

She turns everybody's heads 

While I wear her last year's threads 

With patches and stitches and a turned up hem. 

Oh but to be... 

Oh but to be 

I'd like to be 

just once to be... 

My older sister...