When I Grow up I Want to Be a Boy Again

The smell of suntan cream reminds me of

You smiling, sadly, back at me

As I sat there in my bubble

Stacking pebbles up on a sunny day

I still remember when I was young

I thought I would be young forever

I swim 'round and 'round on my tinfoil pond

Like an ugly duckling that does not want

To have to turn into a swan, yeah

When I grow up I want to be a boy again

I still get excited when it snows

Sitting in my bubble with my imaginary friends

Wishing that we didn't have to be so realistic all the time

I lie awake at night and count the stars

I fill jelly-jars with plastic flowers

I go 'round and 'round in circles on my hamster wheel

I can feel the whole world

Quietly closing in on me in my little bubble

When I grow up I want to be a boy again

I still get excited when it snows

Sitting in my bubble with my box of felt-tip pens

Wishing that I didn't have to be so realistic all the time