"Run Child" lyrics

Candy bars
With courage popped up in the yard
Skinned knees with many battle scars
Fight to the death
And never show your cards

Secret clubs
Paint the forest in our secret gloves
And we never knew what messages
We would receive
On the telephone
That was made with string

Run child
Run so fast that you can't catch your breath
Run so far that you can taste your sweat
You're a meteor, and
Jump high
So high that you can touch the birds
So strong you feel it shake the dirt
Then you keep on running

Fortresses
We built with blankets, chairs, and rubber bands
We decorated them with pots and pans
And we were safer from the dinosaurs
And the thunderstorms

A lake of fire
We leapt across and felt the flames move higher
And if we slipped, we might have burned alive
But though it tried to swallow us
We always rise, say

Run child
Run so fast that you can't catch your breath
Run so far that you can taste your sweat
You're a miracle
Jump high
So high that you can touch the birds
So strong you feel it shake the dirt
And then keep on running
Child