I’D BEEN CRAZY AND WILD
BUT ALL I WAS, WAS AND ONLY CHILD
EVEN MY OWN MOTHER
DON’T LIKE ME TO TELL SOMEONE
THAT I’M HER FLESH AND BLOOD
THAT I’M HER ONLY SON
IT HURTS WHEN DAD TELLS ME
THAT I CAN’T DO THINGS RIGHT
BUT ALL I SEE I DID
WAS TO STAY OUT ALL NIGHT
YOU’D THINK – I’D BEEN CRAZY AND WILD
BUT ALL I WAS, WAS AND ONLY CHILD
BORN TOO LATE OR TOO SOON
POPPED THEIR HAPPY BALLOON
DID NOT LIKE TO COME HOME
LEFT SCHOOL TO BE SOMEONE
BUT ALL THEY EVER SAID
I WAS JUST HAVING FUN
I HAD TO LEARN THE THINGS
THEY NEVER TOLD ME BOUT
WHAT EVER I GOT INTO
THEY TOLD ME TO GET OUT
YOU’D THINK I’D BEEN CRAZY AND WILD
BUT ALL I WAS, WAS AND ONLY CHILD
AS AN ONLY CHILD
YOU’D THINK I’D BEEN A BRIGHTER
SPARK IN THEIR LIFE
AS AN ONLY CHILD
BUT I THINK I MADE
THEIR LIVES FULL OF STRIFE
I WAS – BORN TOO LATE OR TOO SOON
I THINK I – POPPED THEIR HAPPY BALLOON
SO MANY YEARS HAVE PASSED
BY SINCE THOSE YOUNGER DAYS
WENT BACK AND TRIED TO SHOW
THAT I HAVE CHANGED MY WAYS
BUT ALL THEY COULD TELL ME
WHAT I ALL READY KNOWN
THAT I WAS DIFFERENT
AND SHOULD BE LEFT ALONE
IT’S HARD TO UNDERSTAND
ALL THE PEOPLE TODAY
WHO LOVE YOU FOREVER
AND THEN JUST FADE AWAY
MY LOVE GOES BACK FARTHER
TO MY MOTHER’S SWEET CHARMS
WHEN MY DADDY HELD HER
VERY CLOSE IN HIS ARMS
HE SAID TO HER ALOUD
WE WILL NEVER HAVE AN ONLY CHILD
YOU’D THINK I’D BEEN CRAZY AND WILD
BUT ALL I EVER WAS, WAS AN ONLY CHILD
I WAS BORN TOO LATE OR TO SOON
I POPPED THEIR HAPPY BALLOON
YOU’D THINK I’D BEEN CRAZY AND WILD
BUT ALL I EVER WAS, WAS AN ONLY CHILD
AND HE SAID TO HER ALOUD THAT
WE WILL NEVER HAVE AN ONLY CHILD
YOU’D THINK I’D BEEN CRAZY AND WILD
BUT ALL I EVER WAS, WAS AN ONLY CHILD