Time On Your Back

The kids in cars so quickly passing by with no seeming regard for the rest of our lives
But maybe they are on to something we don't know about
Maybe they heard good news
Maybe they know more routes

But I will go slow if it
Means I won't die on these
Crumbling Jersey streets
And do what I need

Take a second to breathe
Take a minute to see
Time on your back that speaks
You cannot turn back me

Comparison can kill so when I wrote my will I put it in a book that I have yet to fill
I know that strength beats size when you are with the guys
But I will admit I like
Being picked up sometimes

So I will stay small if it
Means I can fit in these
Clothes with good memories
The few that I still grieve

Take a second to breathe
Take a minute to see
Time on your back that speaks
You cannot turn back me

I went and talked to you, asked "how do you do what you do?"
You said, "you're just twenty two... you still have yet to bloom"

So you should keep doing you
Pay no attention to
Kids that are flying by
Pay them no mind

Take a second to breathe
Take a minute to see
Time on your back that speaks
You cannot turn back me