Come out to Play

A flower waited for the clouds to clear Shame it spent its young years stalling its bloom And sadly I never took heed of the warning When I sat one lonely spring morning And heard my friends outside "Come out, come out, come out, come out to play We will show you a better way" But I just keep holding on For a day to reminisce on, before I miss it I just hope that I don't dismiss it Now the glow of youth is fading All my friends they are trading their cycles for cars And as I become well acquainted with regret On one lonely midsummer sunset I heard a drunken bellow at my door "Come out, come out, come out, come out to play We will show you a better way" But I just keep holding on And saving every penny for a vacation Without disappointed expectations And I don't know how long since I last resembled So much joy that I trembled, than the birth of my son I know he and I share the same choices And one snowy day I heard voices Call to his window "Come out, come out, come out, come out to play" And I lean to him and say "Go out, go out, go out, go out and play 'Cause you won't find a better day"