They'd ask you what you'd like

And you'd say what my sister's having

Same new bike, same new shoes

When you were 4

And I, 6 or 7

Always right, in your eyes

And oh I led the way with pride those years ago

It turned to night

Close out the door

Curl up in bed

But leave on the light

We'd read books

You'd read yours and I'd read mine

But I'd help you with the words you didn't know

Oh I still see you at the edge of your bed

With your freckles and those curls on your head

I never thought I'd learn so much from you

And for the most part I'm just proud

But I guess a part of me just thought

It'd always be the other way around

I never thought I'd learn so much from you

I guess I thought I knew it all

I'm sorry I'm just not as great as both of us

Had thought when we were small

They'd ask you what's your name

And you'd look at me and you'd stand behind

See you were shy the year that you were turning 7, I was 9

But you soon grew to be quite talkative and grew to be quite sure

Doesn't seem all that long ago when we were both sat on the floor

When we drew pictures of the places that we'd visit in our dreams

Turned into stories, then to poems when you were 12 and I 14

The year I realised I wasn't always right, and that one hurt

I always thought that I knew more, and that was just the way it worked

Cause I still see you at the edge of your bed

With your freckles and those curls on your head

I never thought I'd learn so much from you

And for the most part I'm just proud

But I guess a part of me

Just hoped it'd always be the other way around

I never thought I'd learn so much from you

I guess I thought I knew it all

I'm sorry I'm just not as great as both of us

Had thought when we were small

And I know I'm probably sounding selfish

I probably sound a fool

Cause of course I want the whole world wide and open for you too

I was just much better as a younger older sister

I hope that it's okay that for a moment I just missed her

But I know how far you'll go

I don't know it all

But I know it's lovely who we are

Though it lovely who we were when we were small