chorus

when i was a child

i saw my life

going down like water from my mother's eyes

when i was a child

i saw my life

going up like fires that my father fights

verse

baby it's just a shot in the dark

but i read your thoughts as i watched from the bar

you could get me bothered and hot

after one two thr ee shots, take me to your car

but you gotta earn the pleasure be my spectator

so c'mon baby buy me a drink

for seventeen bucks i'll spill everything

if we're all just wasting our nights, then what's another (what's another?)

if we're all just wasting our lives, then what's another's (what's another's?)

if i talk to the end of our wines, let's call another (call another)

i'ill spill my woes, we'll never call one another

pre-chorus

for don't you know i am a poet

even if i've nothing to show for it

don't you know i am a prophet

But my predictions never turned a profit

chorus

when i was a child

i saw my life

going down like water from my mother's eyes

when i was a child

i saw my life

going up like fires that my father fights

Verse

Kiddo you're gonna do so well

Gonna make something else of your little self

Said all my teachers, all so sincere

But i've run far enough, they can't see me here

How did i turn out, miss? What would you say

Did my delusion of grandeur me make or break?

Boy if you know i knew from those days

Tell them i'm dead but i could've been great

 

Tell them all i was a prophet

My predictions would've turned me a fortune