All the words to
“The little old lady who swallowed the flyâ€?
And was inspired
To say goodnight to everything I saw
Because of the book
“Goodnight moonâ€?
Back when
Alphabet letters were rebels and would
Still raced to the coconut trees in books
When I would
Go around slapping people wrists with those bracelets
Back when stuffed animals
Still had names that I could remember
When I ruled at the Slip-N-Slide
And ran through sprinklers
I see my brothers empty room now and I’m
Running to the bus stop
With my lion king backpack
Playing hand games on the bus
Which always seemed to have its windows open
Even in the winter
Before Justin went solo
Because my first concert was N’sync
When I cried at the news that the spice girls were breaking up
When I would challenge my brother to pogs
And would cheat my way to victory
Stealing his pogs at my win
Because I would chase the ice cream man down my street
Just for some
Overly priced ice cream
Or bubble gum