Growing up I could see a different part of me
On the back roads on the front porch swing
Where I used to sing, in the band shell in the spring
Where I used to dream
By the stop signs at the end of the block
Where I used to lay, watching every car
At midnight with the stars, where we found who we are
Growing up, I let myself be every part of me
Growing up I used to bathe in the sun every day
In the summer, on the way, I used to say
All the things that you heard, that made it all okay
That's how I got to stay
By the pool, after dark, learning how to skate
Tattoos, piercings, alcohol, older guys, we almost killed ourselves away
We were taught so much better, that's what they used to say
So we learned and we changed, and made it all okay
Growing up, all those things hurt us a little bit
Sneaking out, lying around, we never seemed to quit
Secrets told while ripping leaves until we seemed to get it
That was how our angst all got lit
All these things were funnier as a child
All these things stayed around for awhile
All these things left us in denial
All these things kept us in that town
Now that I found myself, I might as well believe
That these things were who I wanted to be
Oh growing up, I never lost a thought
Written on paper, in the closet, in a box
So I never would forget, that after all these things
I'm still as shallow, holding on to what I need to be
