METAMORPHOSIS

Ben,my thirteen year old son,has just spent the last week or so with me.I only see him a couple of times a year.I speak to him at least once a week on the phone--and have noticed over the past few months he's growing up.But it was only the other day,when his Mum rang me and suggested that I take him to see a girl,much the same age,that he has played with all his life. Well you'd think he'd been asked to do the washing up.Ben seems to be at that age where he doesn't know what to do with them,so better off do nothing--stay away from them for a while.Well Ben got out of that visit, and he helped me write this song about the event of me asking him to go and visit a 13 year old female friend of his :

METAMORPHOSIS

WELL ITS "YO BRO" SOUL AND ROCK'N'ROLL
NO MORE HAPPY MEALS FOR TEA.
GIVE ME HORROR FLICKS,MTV CHICS
AND GETTING UP LATE FOR ME.
A ROD,A BAT AND CRICKET BALL
A SKATEBOARD OR A BIKE
DROPPING FARTS AND RACING CARTS
BUT GIRLS CAN TAKE A HIKE.

CAUSE I'M TOO OLD FOR PLAYING DOLLS
AND SHE'S TOO YOUNG FOR KISSING.
THAT'LL KEEP FOR LATER ON,
BUT TILL THEN I'M GOING MISSING.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT I AM,NOT A BOY
NOT A MAN,BUT SOMETHING IN BETWEEN.
GETTING HAIR NEATH ME BELLY,
HATE THE SHOWER BETTER SMELLY
AND TILL LUNCHTIME RARELY SEEN.
NO LONGER THE VOICE OF A CHOIR BOY
BUT THAT OF A DYING DOG.
I USED TO SING LIKE AND ANGEL
NOW I CROAK LIKE A BLOODY FROG.

YES,I'M TOO OLD FOR PLAYING DOLLS
SHE'S SURE TOO YOUNG FOR KISSING
THAT'LL KEEP FOR LATER ON
BUT TILL THEN I'M GOING FISHING.

YES ITS "YO BRO" SOUL AND ROCK'N'ROLL
NO MORE HAPPY MEALS FOR TEA.
GIVE ME HORROR FLICKS MTV CHICS
AND SLEEPING LATE FOR ME.
CAUSE I'M TOO OLD FOR PLAYING DOLLS,
AND SHE'S TOO YOUNG FOR KISSING
WE MIGHT GET IT ON,MUCH LATER ON,
TILL THEN I'M GOING MISSING,

TILL THEN I'M GOING MISSING

TILL THEN I'M GOING MISSING