I was gonna be a pirate

...I like how when I finally sit down with the music I've written and devise plans to record it is when I get to writing music semi-regularly again. I guess there could be worse things :) this isn't finished, but I'll go ahead and put it out there. "I Hate Goodbyes" is on the to-record list also. Perhaps saying I'll record things will actually get me to do it :)


I was gonna be a pirate
and I was gonna be a preacher,
I was gonna be a marine biologist,
I was gonna be a doctor,
and I was gonna be a spy
when I was done being a doctor

but the rain came in

and the tide went high-

we watched fireworks

on the fifth of July

and I wasn't a pirate,

a doctor or a spy.

I was just a kid,

but one full of dreams,

and now I think

I'd like to be a dreamer

and I wonder,

did I dream too many times?

I was gonna be a fireman
though I considered being a firetruck
and I was gonna be a big star
but little girls can't be a big star
so I was gonna be a farmer
and I was gonna grow many trees with fruit

but the rain came in
and the tide went high-
we watched fireworks
on the fifth of July
and I wasn't a pirate,
a doctor or a spy.

I was just a kid,
but one full of dreams,
and now I think
I'd like to be a dreamer
and I wonder,
did I dream too many times?

I was just a freckled,
blue-eyed child
with a grin
and a little red bike,
and a little scrape
on each my knees
and a plan to ride
until they were dry.
And I wondered
when the school bus come
now I wonder,
did I dream too many times?