18

Becoming a Woman With Little Fanfare

Alice Cooper’s Teen Angst Anthem

I turned 18 at a time when Alice Cooper’s hit song “I’m 18” raged across the radio. And I owned that song! I’d belt it in the shower, lending it my own unique tenor of teen angst.

Lines form on my face and hands
Lines form from the ups and downs
I'm in the middle without any plans
I'm a boy and I'm a man

I'm eighteen
And I don't know what I want
Eighteen
I just don't know what I want
Eighteen
I gotta get away
I gotta get out of this place
I'll go runnin' in outer space
Oh yeah