8/2/2007

I’ll grow up one day
buy a house and a dog and some kids
save fine china and sleep in a bed
queen sized and filled with a wife
I’ll have a job that provides
brings home the bacon each night
I’ll grow up one day
just you wait
wait and see

I’ll grow up one day
run each morning to keep in shape
drink protein and eat healthily
live right and sleep 8 hour nights
three food pyramid meals a day
and nothing bad for me
I’ll grow up one day
just you wait
wait and see

I’ll grow up one day
and miss these childish weeks
spent hunting wants and not needs
throwing money off buildings
hoping it photographs stylishly
no more free of care feelings
I’ll grow up one day
just you wait
wait and see

I’ll grow up one day
and maybe fail miserably
find me sitting next to the street
begging for an ounce of your pity
no more pride to comfort me
I’ll be broken and diseased
I’ll grow up one day
just you wait
wait and see

I’ll grow up one day
and maybe be something great
or maybe be nothing at all
it’s just a matter of time until
I’m gray haired and over the hill
it’s a matter of time, ya know
I’ll grow up one day
just you wait
wait and see
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I’ll light your cigarettes
tell you how pretty you are in the morning
look you in the eyes and smile
hold open every door I can reach
split the bill and cover the tip
order your favorite drinks
take you for a walk in the ocean
show you places no one else has been
fight with you until it doesn’t matter
make it as better as I can manage
take every punch as a love tap
scream when you drive me insane
and understand when you do the same
hide under the covers when you’re mad at me
make you breakfast every late morning
eat the food you cook for me
buy you books
read you to sleep
wrestle with you in snow, sheets, sand, and grass
help you when you’re too tired to move
listen listen listen
pull you close
kiss three times...slow
and drift away