When I Was a Boy 

I won't forget when Peter Pan/came to my house took my hand I said a 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 others' lives out on the pirate deck and I remember that night when/

leaving a late night with some friends and I hear somebody tell me it's not safe/

someone should help me you 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 

a neighbor came outside to say/get your shirt/I said no way it's the last time I'm not breaking any law 

now I'm in this clothing store/and the signs say 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 got implants to put in/

they got implants to remove 

but I am not forgetting/that I was a boy too... 

I like the woods where I would creep/it's a secret I can keep except when I'm tired/

'cept when I'm being caught off-guard I've had a lonesome awful day/

conversation finds its way to catching fireflies out in the backyard and so I tell the man I'm with/

about the other life I've lived and I say now you're top gun/I have lost and you have won 

and he says oh no, no, no can't you see When I was a girl/my mom and I we always talked 

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 ~Dar Williams