When I Was A Boy

I wont forget when Peter Pan

Came to my house, took my hand

I said, "I was a boy"

I'm glad he didn't check

I learned to fly, I learned to fight

I lived a whole life in one night

We saved each others lives

Out on the pirates deck

And I remember that night

When I'm leaving a late night with some friends

And I hear somebody tell me

It's not safe, someone should help me

I need to find a nice man to walk me home

When I was a boy

I scared the pants off of my mom

Climbed what I could climb upon

And I don't know how I survived

I guess I knew the tricks that all boys knew

And you can walk me home

But I was a boy, too

I was a kid that you would like

Just a small boy on her bike

Riding topless, yeah

I never cared who saw

My neighbor come outside

To say, "Get your shirt,"

I said "No way, it's the last time

I'm not breaking any law"

And now I'm in this clothing store

And the signs say less is more

More that's tight means more to see

More for them, not more for me

That can't help me climb a tree in ten seconds flat

When I was a boy, see that picture? That was me

Grass-stained shirt and dusty knees

And I know things have gotta change

They got pills to sell, they've got implants to put in

They've got implants to remove

But I am not forgetting

That I was a boy too

And like the woods where I would creep

It's a secret I can keep

Except when I'm tired

'Cept when I'm being caught off guard

And I've had a lonesome awful day

The conversation finds its way

To catching fire-flies

Out in the backyard

And I so tell the man I'm with

About the other life I lived

And I say now you're top gun

I have lost and you have won

And he says, "Oh no, no, can't you see

When I was a girl, my mom

And I we always talked

And I picked flowers

Everywhere that I walked

And I could always cry

Now even when I'm alone I seldom do

And I have lost some kindness

But I was a girl too

And you were just like me

And I was just like you