1000 Pounds

You finally pulled back when the world pulled your hair Alone in the room with a question hangin You left with your hand in the air, and it's still there At your age life moves so fast Twelve years old, skinny legs, built to come in last Had a mirror that would never lie When you're doomed it never pays to try And every time I saw you You were trying so hard to explain Broadcast failure Now the plastic boat it's spinning down the drain But you came through, you came through When nobody expected you to You came through, you came through With all those narrowed eyes upon you You came through, you came through Now you wish you weighed a thousand pounds So you could crush all those bullies and demons down From your seat at the back of the bus You're still waving back at us And every time I saw you You were trying so hard to explain Broadcast failure Now your plastic boat it's spinning down to drain But you came through, you came through When nobody expected you to