Kids Table

A kiss goodbye on the train tonight Made me reminisce, we were young and wild It’s a parting gift to your wife and child A loaf of bread and a sideways smile It’s a cloudy day The sky’s choked up but it doesn’t rain All the trees and the billboards look afraid We’re going to a better place Happiness you can’t escape Sitting at the kids table on a holiday Acting out your favorite scene on a big flat screen While they’re all watching for eternity It's a masterpiece As you walk the block through the aftershock You can get to that spot that was there, now it’s not We would meet in the court where the people shop I was a queen for a day in Camelot Guess I’m over the hill like a daffodil on a window sill Withering in the sunshine of free will, still We’re going to a better place Happiness you have to taste Sitting at the kids table on a holiday Acting out the final scene on a big flat screen While they’re all watching for eternity Blasting off to outer space Small step in a big rat race Sitting at the kids table with an empty plate That I appreciate