Thirteen

Thirteen in a world too wild, thirteen got your bright eyes open wide 
you'd like to run faster than these times 
to hold back the emptiness you feel inside 
'cause life's no dream, no carousel, you pay your dues, you learn it well 
trust your heart and take your chance to sing your song and dance your dance 

And you wish you could fly, and you're blowin' your mind, thirteen 
and you wish you could fly, but all you can do is dream, thirteen. 

Thirteen and it's black or white, thirteen always stuck between wrong and right 
courting catastrophe with brand-new toys 
it's hard to talk to you, there's nothing but noise 
you pierce your skin, tattoo your soul, can't stand your old man's rock'n'roll 
set your pace and take your chance to sing your song and dance your dance 

And you wish you could fly, and you're shiftin' your mind, thirteen 
and you wish you could fly, but all you can do is dream, thirteen. 

Oh, life's no dream, no carousel, you pay your dues, you learn it well 
choose your speed and take your chance to sing your song and dance your dance 

And you wish you could fly, always changin' your mind, thirteen 
and you wish you could fly, when all that is left is dream 
and you wish you could fly, always shiftin' your mind, thirteen 
and you wish you could fly, but all you can do is dream, thirteen... 

Thirteen in a world too wild, thirteen got your bright eyes open wide 
thirteen, thirteen, thirteen.