When I Was A Boy

I won't forget when Peter Pan came to my house, took my hand
 I said I was a boy; I'm glad he didn't check.
 I learned to fly, I learned to fight
 I lived a whole life in one night
 We saved each other's lives out on the pirate's deck.
 And I remember that night
 When I'm leaving a late night with some friends
 And I hear somebody tell me it's not safe, someone should help me
 I need to find a nice man to walk me home.
 When I was a boy, I scared the pants off of my mom,
 Climbed what I could climb upon
 And I don't know how I survived,
 I guess I knew the tricks that all boys knew.
 And you can walk me home, but I was a boy, too.
 I was a kid that you would like, just a small boy on her bike
 Riding topless, yeah, I never cared who saw.
 My neighbor come outside to say, "Get your shirt,"
 I said "No way, it's the last time I'm not breaking any law."
 And now I'm in a clothing store, and the sign says less is more
 More that's tight means more to see, more for them, not more for me
 That can't help me climb a tree in ten seconds flat
 When I was a boy, see that picture? That was me
 Grass-stained shirt and dusty knees
 And I know things have gotta change,
 They got pills to sell, they've got implants to put in, they've got implants to remove
 But I am not forgetting
 That I was a boy too
 And like the woods where I would creep, it's a secret I can keep
 Except when I'm tired, except when I'm being caught off guard
 I've had a lonesome awful day, the conversation finds its way
 To catching fire-flies out in the backyard.
 And I tell the man I'm with about the other life I lived
 And I say now you're top gun, I have lost and you have won
 And he says, "Oh no, no, can't you see
 When I was a girl, my mom and I we always talked
 And I picked flowers everywhere that I walked.
 And I could always cry, now even when I'm alone I seldom do
 And I have lost some kindness
 But I was a girl too.
 And you were just like me, and I was just like you.