When I Was A Boy-Dar Williams

[ti:When I Was A Boy] [ar:Dar Williams] [al:The Honesty Room] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.74]When I Was A Boy - Dar Williams [00:02.59] [00:12.15]I won't forget when Peter Pan [00:14.60]Came to my house took my hand [00:16.90]I said "I was a boy" [00:18.18]I'm glad he didn't check [00:22.92]I learned to fly I learned to fight [00:25.20]I lived a whole life in one night [00:26.88] [00:27.56]We saved each other's lives [00:29.17]Out on the pirate's deck [00:33.85]And I remember that night [00:35.66]When I'm leaving a late night with some friends [00:38.99]And I hear somebody tell me [00:41.08]It's not safe someone should help me [00:44.60]I need to find a nice man to walk me home [00:48.62]When I was a boy [00:50.64]I scared the pants off of my mom [00:53.24]Climbed what I could climb upon [00:59.20]And I don't know how I survived [01:00.64] [01:01.57]I guess I knew the tricks that all boys knew [01:09.28]And you can walk me home [01:17.77]But I was a boy too [01:20.10] [01:30.77]I was a kid that you would like [01:33.18]Just a small boy on her bike [01:35.62]Riding topless yeah [01:37.15]I never cared who saw [01:41.61]My neighbor come outside [01:42.85]To say "Get your shirt " [01:44.94]I said "No way it's the last time [01:47.52]I'm not breaking any law" [01:51.38]And now I'm in this clothing store [01:55.03]And the signs say less is more [01:57.33]More that's tight means more to see [01:59.82]More for them not more for me [02:03.44]That can't help me climb a tree in ten seconds flat [02:07.30]When I was a boy see that picture That was me [02:12.07]Grass-stained shirt and dusty knees [02:17.94]And I know things have gotta change [02:20.54]They got pills to sell they've got implants to put in [02:23.88]They've got implants to remove [02:27.86]But I am not forgetting [02:36.67]That I was a boy too [02:49.51]And like the woods where I would creep [02:51.97]It's a secret I can keep [02:54.29]Except when I'm tired [02:55.33]'Cept when I'm being caught off guard [03:00.33]And I've had a lonesome awful day [03:02.84]The conversation finds its way [03:05.27]To catching fire-flies [03:06.42]Out in the backyard [03:11.36]And I so tell the man I'm with [03:13.85]About the other life I lived [03:15.60] [03:16.44]And I say now you're top gun [03:18.78]I have lost and you have won [03:22.18]And he says "Oh no no can't you see [03:26.12]When I was a girl my mom [03:28.69]And I we always talked [03:30.87]And I picked flowers [03:31.95]Everywhere that I walked [03:37.12]And I could always cry [03:39.30]Now even when I'm alone I seldom do [03:46.71]And I have lost some kindness [03:55.18]But I was a girl too [04:00.00]And you were just like me [04:05.05]And I was just like you