Streaks

Seven years old with a brand-new coloring book
Every page with the perfect design
You can decide on the colors that you like
As long as you stay in the lines
Tell me what did you learn at school today
Did they show you what you’re worth in numbers and signs
You can read every word you can solve every equation a hundred times
Just to wonder what comes next, oh
All these years of filling out papers
Building a future, keeping your head down
Tryin' to keep a head on your shoulders, keep it creative, make it your own
somehow
Cause It’s all a piece of the plan
It’s something You’ll understand
When you’re older
The day the leave and it’s all before your feet
You’ve heard all the tips and the tricks
So you hum to a tune singing you’ll figure it out soon
You’re a smart kid, tough kid, but you’re still a kid that grew
Throw em in the water
They will sink or float
If you don’t then you will never know
Throw em in the water
They could sink or float
But unless you let it happen, you will never know
Throw em in the water
Let them sink or float
Give em what they need to move on, then you let them go
Throw em in the water
They will sink or float