Turtle

<br>Little boy wishes he wasn`t small<br>He`d give is turtle to be six feet tall<br>He`s got photos of Shaq and Ewing up on his wall<br>And he`d try a jump shot but he`s afraid he`ll fall down<br>Little girl wants to fall in love<br>Dressed up like her mother in white evening gloves<br>She pretends tells her friends she`s got somewhere to go<br>They don`t ask her where so they`ll never know how she feels<br>With a shorter past there`s a greater hurry<br>Let the moment last there`s no need to worry<br>We should be living for today or tomorrow anyway<br>And don`t ask for the world on a plate<br>Cause you just might get it<br>Don`t ever say it`s too late you know you`ll regret it because<br>Just when you`re sure your life can change right before your eyes<br>A mother`s thinking of her little boy<br>Left home at sixteen back in `84<br>He`s got a dog named Lucy says she`s all he needs<br>Lucy knows better she hears all his dreams<br>When you search yourself when you get down to it<br>If you know yourself you know you`ll get through it<br>So start living for today or tomorrow anyway<br>And don`t ask for the world on a plate<br>Cause you just might get it<br>Don`t ever say it`s too late you know you`ll regret it because<br>Just when you`re sure your life can change right before your eyes<br>With a shorter past there`s a greater hurry<br>Let the moment last there`s no need to worry<br>Start living for today or tomorrow anyway...<br>Just when you`re sure you life can<br>Change right before your eyes<br>Right before your eyes