James Mcmurtry - Childish Things

Aunt Clara kept her Bible Right next to the phone in case she needed a quote


While she talked to someone


In my memory she smiles While the blessing is said


And visions of freeze tag dance in my head


She says I’ll grow up bigIf I eat all my roast


I’ll still believe in heaven


But I won’t believe in ghosts anymore 





I’ll put away childish things 





Every other weekend at the age of thirteen


With my fishing pole and my Field and Stream


Ridin’ back home on the Trailways bus


I looked out the window


‘Til I saw too much


And I called my parents by their own first names


I played in the alley


But I didn’t play the game anymore 





I put away childish things 





The wolves howl all night long


They won’t stop and they won’t go home


Beneath my window they run


Probably it’ll be alright


If I keep it all locked up tight And wait ‘til daylight comes 





Now my boy goes like a house on fire


He’ll never burn out and he’ll never retire


And I remember when I used to think like that 


When I was young and the world was flat


But I’m forty some years old now and man I don’t care


All I want now is just a comfortable chair


And to sell all my stock


And live on the coast


I don’t believe in heavenBut I still believe in ghosts.












		
			



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