I wasn’t invited to your ninja turtle birthday party I wish I knew you when I was five I would’ve walked with you out in the rain Insane for the very first time I wish I knew you when I was five
Before so many unsmoked cigarettes Before I learned how to regret And making love had never crossed my mind I wish I knew you when I was five
I could’ve held the door for you in my afternoon kindergarten I wish I knew you when I was five And I’d imagine your first set of finger paintings is something I would’ve saved I wish I knew you when I was five
There were so many unpaved avenues Before I learned how to tie my shoes And nobody important had ever died I wish I knew you when I was five I wish I knew you when I was five
I would have defended you to the bully at your bus stop I wish I knew you when I was five And I’d have liked to seen the look on your face the first time that you considered space I wish I knew you when I was five
And there were so many stones left to throw Maybe some day when I get old I’m older now but I started asking why I wish I knew you when I was five I wish I knew you when I was five I wish I knew you when I was five
I wasn’t invited to your dirty thirty birthday party I wish I knew you when I was five And I’ll go walking out in the rain by myself for the four-hundred and fiftieth time I wish I knew you when I was five
And there were so many trees left to climb Maybe some day when I get time I’m older now but I still feel as shy I wish I knew you when I was five