07-21-2017, 12:00 AM
The Runaway
I'm running away!
I'm really doing it!
I've got my neckerchief tied to a stick,
It holds an apple, some cheese, and a jar of peanut butter,
Things better change around here right now!,
No? Okay then I'm really doing it,
Someday you'll see me begging on the side of the road,
And maybe you'll stop to give me a dollar,
I'll say "thank you sir and ma'am", because I won't recognize you anymore,
And as you drive away you'll wonder where you went wrong,
Why your little angel didn't grow up to be a doctor,
Or a lawyer, an engineer, or even... President of the United States!
And then you'll wish you had listened to me!
But no.... you won't listen now, so you won't know then,
That you stopped the greatest President this country would ever have from happening,
By insisting I have such an early bedtime,
And force feeding me brussel sprouts,
And letting my brother get two turns on the Nintendo and not giving me any,
And refusing to buy me that new toy I wanted,
All in one night!
Yes I know I've threatened to leave before,
What's it been, 3 times a month since last November?
But this time, this time I mean it!
I've opened the door,
My foot is already outside,
...,
Can I borrow a harmonica?
I'm running away!
I'm really doing it!
I've got my neckerchief tied to a stick,
It holds an apple, some cheese, and a jar of peanut butter,
Things better change around here right now!,
No? Okay then I'm really doing it,
Someday you'll see me begging on the side of the road,
And maybe you'll stop to give me a dollar,
I'll say "thank you sir and ma'am", because I won't recognize you anymore,
And as you drive away you'll wonder where you went wrong,
Why your little angel didn't grow up to be a doctor,
Or a lawyer, an engineer, or even... President of the United States!
And then you'll wish you had listened to me!
But no.... you won't listen now, so you won't know then,
That you stopped the greatest President this country would ever have from happening,
By insisting I have such an early bedtime,
And force feeding me brussel sprouts,
And letting my brother get two turns on the Nintendo and not giving me any,
And refusing to buy me that new toy I wanted,
All in one night!
Yes I know I've threatened to leave before,
What's it been, 3 times a month since last November?
But this time, this time I mean it!
I've opened the door,
My foot is already outside,
...,
Can I borrow a harmonica?