Kid Dreams

So there I was, fifteen, stuck in

High school was no prom king

Zoned out in a daydream of a

Pretty girl, my own beauty queen

I was too shy to talk

I was round and soft

All the kids would drawl: "You got some beady eyes, boy"

Then I'd start to shrink

Cecame too hard to see

They got what they need

I got the beady eyes

You can get what you want

Make a plea to the dark

Not as hard as it seems, kid dreams

What did I want?

What did I need?

I got three squares a day, I got a bed for sleep

I couldn't shake a deep belief in a

Pretty girl who would save me

And then sure enough, they would call my bluff

They'd jab and trip me up

Hit right between the eyes, boy

Fill my cuts with salt

Slowly I'd dissolve

That was all they saw, boy with beady eyes

You can get what you want

Make a plea to the dark

Not as hard as it seems, kid dreams

Oh God now here she comes

My perfect lady luck

I never did give up, I never did give up

The once and future king

The best it's ever been

If only they could see, see with my beady eyes, boy