Can't let you be because your beauty won't allow me
wrapped in white sheets like an angel from a bedtime story
shut out what they say because your friends are fucked up anyway
and when they come around somehow they feel up and you feel down

when we were kids we hated things our parents did
we listened low to Casey Casem's radio show
that's when friends were nice to think of them just makes you feel nice
the smell of grass in spring and October leaves cover everything
have you forgotten how to love yourself?

I can't believe all the good things that you do for me
sit back in the chair like a princess from a far away place
nobody's nice when your older your heart turns to ice
shut out what they say they're too dumb to mean it anyway

when we were kids we hated things our sisters did
backyard summer pools and christmases were beautiful
and the sentiment of colored mirrored ornaments
and the open drapes look out on frozen farm house landscapes
have you forgotten how to love yourself?