A long time ago

I can remember when I was a young boy

I’d play all day and whisk away to the music my mother would play

The abc’s and 123’s were all the burdens life had on me

And I could almost taste the warmth of mother liberty.

But I grew up, and times have changed

That young boy was lost to my age

And politics consumed my brain

And tax’s that I had to pay

And then two kids

And a mortgage

And more politics

And the stress of all of it

Made me forget the start of all of it…

The young little boy

But I guess after all of this

I grew up to see the world as it is

And all I can say on top of this is,

Bye, bye, bye little boy

You helped remember, how to spread my wings and soar

But, bye, bye, to the wide eyed little boy

The world was to cruel for you to be here anymore

Bye, bye, to the lad that once was me

I’ll always remember that feeling of liberty

Bye, bye, bye to the little boy

I don’t need you anymore