Catch -23
I left this one open again , what did he choose ? We don't know
https://suno.com/song/d410fba2-a24c-490a-904a-0f59f2424f34
Verse 1
She’s 23 with gasoline eyes
Still believes in forever and butterflies
I got mileage carved in my face
And a past that don’t erase
She laughs like she ain’t been burned
I laugh like I never learned
Pre-Chorus
If I walk away, I save my soul
If I step inside, I lose control
Chorus
It’s a catch-23, she’s 23 and clean
I’m a headline waitin’ to happen in between
If I act my age I die alone
If I don’t, I turn to stone
Either way this ain’t destiny
It’s a catch-23 — and she’s lookin’ at me
Verse 2
She talks about dreams like they’re still alive
I talk about just trying to survive
She says love like it’s brand new
I say love like it’s something you outgrew
She don’t see the wolf in the grin
She don’t know the shape I been in
Pre-Chorus
If I tell the truth, she’ll run away
If I lie, I’m worse than yesterday
Chorus
It’s a catch-23, she’s 23 and fire
I got scars older than her desire
If I stay I steal her youth
If I leave I dodge the truth
Ain’t no hero in this story
Just a catch-23 — staring back at me
Bridge (Spoken / Half-Sung – darker)
They wrote about catch-22
War you can’t win, rules you can’t break
Nobody wrote about catch-23
When the mirror says
“You don’t get to take.”
Final Chorus (Harder)
It’s a catch-23, she’s 23 and free
And I ain’t what freedom needs to be
If I reach I prove the worst in me
If I don’t I live with what could be
Yeah there ain’t no victory
Just a catch-23
And she’s 23
Comments
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Nice song Elvis... But at 23 I'm not so sure they still believe in butterflies and if she's 23 and fire she's won't be that clean.
Hay we all can dream...
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23 is pretty young still what ya want them 16 lol . She might still believe in butterfly’s . The whole point was to break that cliche0
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Why gasoline eyes? last time I got gasoline in my eyes it burned like hell. oh, i get it. her eyes are burning. it's a metaphor. :) or was she blinded by the gasoline in her eyes. ;)
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Might be burning from that old gizzer.
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I have to believe he walks away.
The chorus that got left on the cutting room floor. LOL😆
Catch 23, shes 23 and pristine
like she stepped out of a magazine
never happen but a guy can dream
probably a bit too young for me
At least she's too old for Epstien
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No he didn't I was about 52 when I met my wife she was about 21. But I knew the peanut galley was going think he walked away.
You see I did not give a shit what people thought , And I knew it was better then being alone , Thats vision not regrets
Thats why its outlaw and not vanilla country he met her in college
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oh you get gas in your eyes with a 23 year old and a roll in a hay . your blind lol. Epstien lol not that that asshole again.
It's simple he was a sex addict , See that one is tuff , cuz sex is natural . Too rich to worry about controlling it . Men and young women has been going on since cave man days , it will never change . All I ever get is atta boys Ben from men and women on my wife , it's nothing . people have their own worries they could carless . Women are full a shit , they see some stud and like to bang him , they either do or don't , people make a big deal over sex , its nothing
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Catch-23 is a strong title, going to hook people with that one, and they'll get the idea immediately.
The "gasoline eyes" phrase wasn't clear to me either, but it's memorable. Could be a nice mystery for people to argue about,
I can see an older audience appreciating this - it's written from their perspective. Fear of growing old alone is going to resonate, probably hit hard. And youth is always attractive. Not sure it's going to go down as well with a younger audience. It's a bit dismissive of them as naive and powerless -it's the singer who has to make the choice. So it could come down to which market is going to spend the $.
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it was just to break the cliche catch 22 . And I knew this would be the reaction of old men and young women . I'm a big fan of writing your life and not some made up bullshit
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