Parents

They don't know me but they try

They lie awake and wonder

Why I am the way I am and

I don't wanna take the money

For the lessons on the piano

And I don't wanna leave 'em

I don't wanna let them go

But I can't let them know

They've been kind and they still are

Wanna see me go real far

With what I wanna do

But I can't tell 'em what I really wanna do

And it kinda makes 'em crazy

And it makes me crazy too

I guess that they're a lot like me

Now, my father is a good man

He's a strong man and a kind man

And he always tells me what to do about my car

And, daddy, when I really need you

There you are

And my mother's kinda sentimental

Tells me not to be so temperamental

'Cause things aren't quite as serious

As I always think they are

But they forget I'm getting older

And the world is so much colder

Than it ever was at home

And like my father needs my mother

And my mother needs my dad

I am needing something now

Something that they never had

And I don't wanna take the money

For the lessons on the piano

And I don't wanna leave 'em

I don't wanna let them go

But I can't let them know

I just can't let them know