Rudyard Kipling

Beautiful girl, in front of the mirror,
looking at the prettiest face
I can only dream would be staring back at me.
Well I see a boy, and all that he wants to do in life is play with toys,
And guns made out of sticks.

And roll in the leaves,
and get grass stains in the knees of his brand new blue jeans,
and just enjoy everything.

Smart little girl, just watch the world pass by your life, like a plane,
your either on it or your not, and it won't stop,
until it lands or til it crashes to the ground.

So play it safe and don't get hurt,
cuz when your old you'll have more scars than you deserve,
and you might regret the life that you lost....
but you'll be safe.

Take to heart this page I hold,
torn from a book that's never read.
Its song is sewn on the back of your heart,
the adventure makes the man,
the adventure makes the man.

So find your path and let it lead,
through thick and thin, health and disease,
and let your heart overcome the lies your mind holds.

So roll in the leaves, and get grass stains in the knees of your brand new blue jeans,
and just enjoy everything,
cuz when your old and scarred,
you'll have what you deserve.
A story and a life earned.
But you can only tell a story so many times,
so make sure you have a lot more than one.

So take to heart this page I hold,
torn from a book that's never read,
its song is sewn on the back of your heart.
The adventure makes the man, the adventure makes the man.
And you can only tell a story so many times,
so make sure you have a lot more than one.
The adventure makes the man, the adventure makes the man. So live life.