I haven't been a child
in a few years now
responsibility always finds a way
back somehow
I slip and slide
down a vertical wall
but my horizontal race
has no warning call
I try to jump the fence
try to scale the chain link
but I'm caught in the past
the present has me at the brink
falling and scraping my knee
still brings me to tears
I'm a kid but
I haven't been and child for years
Kids grow up
so fast these days
we drive by young years
and explore new ways
we go from tripping to skipping
to standing still
we grasp and start gripping
the screws to drill
the thoughts of the others
and reality
into our heads
because no one wants to think for me
I've hardly grown
but I'm surrounded by fear
cause I'm still a kid but
I haven't been a child for years