The unspoken words of a child. |
Kid Song Do as I say and not what I do Is the message I get every day from you Your mouth says one thing, your actions another How should I act towards the world and my brother I know you want the best thing for me I hear from your mouth what you want me to be But I see you each day do what you say is wrong And that is the reason for this, my kid song You want me to watch only good things on TV But then late at night you watch what I can’t see You want me to keep all my anger in check But in listening to you I say “What the heck?” Why should I listen when you yell more than I My feelings you hurt and sometimes I cry And each time you say not to yell ‘cause it’s wrong And that is the reason for this, my kid song You want me to act nice and tell only clean jokes Well I hear the things you say to your folks If I said the things that I heard you say I’d be sent to my room for the rest of the day And I see you going outside for a smoke But you tell me not to or my lungs I will choke But as I watch you and you say that it’s wrong I’m confused and that’s the reason for this, my kid song And let’s talk about drinking that bad alcohol You say it will hurt me and cause my downfall But I see you drinking and laughing with glee Why can you have it but keep it from me I want to have fun too and laugh, live and joke But if I live like you, you say I will croak I’m so confused and don’t know what’s wrong And that is the reason for this my kid song You know that I love you and I want to listen To all that you say but my eyes start to glisten You don’t seem to know that I hear what you say But watch you live differently everyday I’m not asking for perfection in all that you do I just want you to know that I’m watching you And I want you to know that whatever you say I’ll grow up being like you in every way So help me now please, I don’t want to do wrong And this is the reason for this, my kid song I love you and don’t want to break your sweet heart I just needed this time my thoughts to impart Your actions speak louder than the words that I hear Why should I not smoke or drink a cold beer Why should I not cuss or shout words of anger You live like this and you’re not in danger So please help me learn I don’t want to live wrong And this is the reason for this, my kid song (c) 2004 Lynne Detrow |