Shadows

They said just one, and you'll fly,

Free forever, never to die,

A little dust, and into the sky,

Second to the right, straight on all night.

There you'll find freedom, there you'll find life,

Never to age, never to cry.

But all my happy thoughts flew away.

Now I'm just lost,

Still acting like a little boy, running from pirates.

Know why they call it Neverland?

Because it's never coming back.

It was never there at all,

And it never will be.

Wendy started nursing school,

The Captain died from cancer,

The Boys left town, the pirates retired,

The fun is over, the thrill is gone.

John's a lawyer, Michael's a drunk,

Tinker bell's taking selfies from her new Mercedes,

The crocodile's chewing the fat off tourists in his nature preserve.

Do you know why they call it Neverland?

Because you never should have left.

Now we're all just shadows.

We grew up when we swore we'd rather die.

They caught me, now I'm just a shadow.

They made me a man.