Coming of Age

I used to look over your shoulder

to get a safe view of the world

and then I grew a little taller

I see everything on my own up here

I went back home for the summer

And tried to make up for lost time

And tried to make up with my mother

We laughed about the old days all the time

But I found her wedding ring in a drawer in the house And she handed it to me and said, “it’s yours now”

Well I’m the same age as when she got married And almost the age she had a child

I can’t help but think it must’ve been scary

And that she always loved you more, somehow

But I started coming of age, and that’s when I realized

that you’ve done the best you could with your part in our lives

I used to wait for you to come home Now I’m the one working late

Now I’m the one walking away

Now I’m the one walking away