Softee Boy

Softee Boy's got problems Softee Boy, your day will come, but days go slow Softee Boy, I saw ya, goin' safe and slow Softee Boy, stay patient tho, there's space for your way In the halls like a lamb to the slaughter Underneath the surface softer than a tissue in water Gotta stay cautious like he stays with his father Who jokes his only child is his favorite daughter Awkward Strength, meek and patient Meets mean and takes it, teachers see him weak make worried faces It's a cold hard world, he's in secret places So deep it's hard to speak or to meet their gazes Child in him just keepin' warm Seems to wanna keep his body locked in its form Other boys turn wild men as if reborn Softee Boy keeps showin' up to be ignored How long till he learns How to harden up And hold his own When holdin' on is hard enough? Holin' up in his room, boy's smart enough To tie himself in a dozen knots Got him stuck It's a lot just to sit alone in his zone His only homie gives him more of what he gets at home Tells him grow him up some stones, dont b and moan What he's got nobody seems to wanna get to know Is it nothin' If it's not understandable to some other animal? Is it nothin' If it can't find a form and a space to be tangible? Softee Boy's got problems Softee Boy, your day will come, but days go slow Softee Boy, I saw ya, goin' safe and slow Softee Boy, stay patient tho, there's space for your way I'm gunna learn to love the way I am The way I am I wish you'd love me the way I am The way I am You don't have to understand The way I am Could just love me Love me, love me Signed the note Moved out in the thick of summer Saved enough for just a month, it's got him covered Got a friend, they got in close, they're almost lovers Gives him life to go his way and start another He'll be runnin' for his livin' in a job or two It's not freedom, but it's somethin that he got to choose Got a different set a problems now, they oughta do He'll meet the world as he is, like it's somethin new Softee Boy's got problems Softee Boy, your day will come, but days go slow Softee Boy, I saw ya, goin' safe and slow Softee Boy, stay patient tho, there's space for your way