Don't Let the Kids Win

Don't let the kids win, just let them lose

They're not gonna learn anything if that's who you choose to play

Don't let the kids win, just let them fall

You don't want 'em growing up thinkin'

Two year olds are good at playin' basketball

Don't let your grandmother die while you're away

Your cheap trip to Thailand's not gonna make up

For never getting to say goodbye

And don't let your brother stop thinking you're cool

Yeah, I know he's got a girlfriend now and he's taller

But that don't mean he stopped looking up to you

And I've got a feeling that this won't ever change

We're gonna keep on getting older

It's gonna keep on feeling strange

And don't let your friends turn cold while you burn to green

When they walk off the stage, embrace them

And say that's the best shit I've ever seen

And don't let your sister walk down the aisle

Without pulling her close, saying I love you and it's okay

If I don't see you for a while

And I've got a feeling that this won't ever change

We're gonna keep on getting older

It's gonna keep on feeling strange

And don't let the time go by without sitting your mother down

And asking what life was like for her before you came to be around

And tell her it's ok if she puts herself first

Us kids will be alright if we're not the center of her universe

And I've got a feeling that this won't ever change

We're gonna keep on getting older

It's gonna keep on feeling strange

And after a late one I don't know anything

Except the more I keep on talking, the less breath I got left to sing