Glory Years from Small Thoughts by Lake Saint Daniel

I’m five years old again
In the yard with my parents
Just wondering when my brother can
Get old enough to be my friend (drums in)

And then later in the fall
Met someone I still call
Each Christmas morning just to talk
And tell each other what we got
Though at this point it’s mostly socks

But it’d be nice
To see again through wide eyes
A childhood state of mind
Watch your glory years go by
Without wondering when you’ll die
Hits at end of chorus

I think it was 3rd grade
When I told my dad I hate
Being taller than all my classmates
There’s only so much I can only take
Of being different at my age
It might be nice to be the same

He said right now
You think you’ve figured it out
And It’s best to fade into the crowd
Stay small
But the truth is
Someday you’ll be happy in
The body that you’re stuck with
Least that you’re tall
He was right all along

Might sound like a joke
But I thought 16 was old
It’s funny how much I didn’t know
But honestly I still make it up as I go
Ride
Ride
But the whole damn time I was a kid
I had no way to deal with shit
Still not the best but I’ve learned a trick

When things get tough
I Just start thinking of
The ways my life doesn’t suck
And the people that I love

If that doesn’t work
I’ll write down and rhyme what hurts
In a chorus and a verse
It’s good to have a way to sort thoughts out but
It took a while to learn

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