Childish Things Lyrics

Aunt Clara kept her Bible Right next to the phone in case she needed a quote
While she talked to someone
In my memory she smiles While the blessing is said
And visions of freeze tag dance in my head
She says I�ll grow up bigIf I eat all my roast
I�ll still believe in heaven
But I won�t believe in ghosts anymore

I�ll put away childish things

Every other weekend at the age of thirteen
With my fishing pole and my Field and Stream
Ridin� back home on the Trailways bus
I looked out the window
�Til I saw too much
And I called my parents by their own first names
I played in the alley
But I didn�t play the game anymore

I put away childish things

The wolves howl all night long
They won�t stop and they won�t go home
Beneath my window they run
Probably it�ll be alright
If I keep it all locked up tight And wait �til daylight comes

Now my boy goes like a house on fire
He�ll never burn out and he�ll never retire
And I remember when I used to think like that
When I was young and the world was flat
But I�m forty some years old now and man I don�t care
All I want now is just a comfortable chair
And to sell all my stock
And live on the coast
I don�t believe in heavenBut I still believe in ghosts.