When you first begin your journey,

You're not sure of who you are

And the lessons that you're learning

They don't seem to take you far

And you just can't keep from stumbling

Though you try so hard to stand

And the truth can be so humbling

When it's just beyond your hand



As though youth were my invention

As though love lay undefined

To stay young was my intention

To stay free and unconfined

And so I held my pride above you

Oh, yes, what a fool was I

Holding back the words,