I won't forget when Peter Pan came to my house took my hand
I said I was a boy I'm glad he didn't check
I learned to fly I learned to fight
I lived a whole life in one night
We saved each other's lives out on the pirate's deck
And I remember that night
When I'm leaving a late night with some friends
And I hear somebody tell me it's not safe
someone should help me
I need to find a nice man to walk me home
When I was a boy I scared the pants off of my mom
Climbed what I could climb upon
And I don't know how I survived
I guess I knew the tricks that all boys knew
And you can walk me home but I was a boy too
I was a kid that you would like just a small boy on her bike
Riding topless yeah I never cared who saw
I said No way it's the last time I'm not breaking any law
And now I'm in a clothing store and the sign says less is more
More that's tight means more to see
more for them not more for me
That can't help me climb a tree in ten seconds flat
When I was a boy see that picture That was me
Grass-stained shirt and dusty knees
And I know things have gotta change
They got pills to sell they've got implants to put in
they've got implants to remove
But I am not forgetting
That I was a boy too
And like the woods where I would creep it's a secret I can keep
Except when I'm tired except when I'm being caught off guard
I've had a lonesome awful day the conversation finds its way
To catching fire-flies out in the backyard
And I tell the man I'm with about the other life I lived
And I say now you're top gun I have lost and you have won
And he says Oh no no can't you see
When I was a girl my mom and I we always talked
And I picked flowers everywhere that I walked
And I could always cry now even when I'm alone I seldom do
And I have lost some kindness
But I was a girl too
And you were just like me and I was just like you