Now when I was just a boy
I lived life with such a joy
See I could run just like the wind
And I would swim from morning till the end
I had the laugh you know the laugh of a child
I'd throw a ball a half a mile
And I knew love pure unbound
And I could jump so high off the ground
As I passed my formative years
I learned fast to hide my tears
Now I look out on a time
That I just don't see as mine
So I don't talk unless I've got something to say
And I won't walk unless I got somewhere to be
I don't believe all the words on the page
And I won't yell and put myself in a rage
And as you see me the first time
That's how you'll see me the last time
No I won't try to remember your name
I'm not impressed with no fortune or fame
I don't care what you want me to know
I'll stop on green and on red I may go
And as you hear me the first time
That's how you'll hear me the last time
I won't be someone I'm not
And I won't tie you won't tie you up in a knot
I won't sip what you want me to drink
And I sure won't think how you want me to think
And if you hate me the first time
You're gonna hate me the last time
I won't lean anywhere to the right
I'm not afraid to walk into the light
And I won't change just to make you a friend
And for them I'll be there till the end
And if you love me the first time
You're gonna love me the last time
