Child King

[Verse 1]
You were a child king of the summer
Dressed in the freshest levity
With sick offense, your payroll friends
They’d never tell you no man no, no man but me
We filled that pool with scalding water
I climbed your torso like a tree
And all was love, domestic doves
And in that nest upon a hill I cut my teeth

[Pre-Chorus]
And if I could go back
There’s so much I would change
Despite your prepubescent jokes
I loved you all the same
And though I can’t go back
I try to freeze the frame
Sеntimental pull back on the reigns
Couldn’t slow to match your pacе but

[Chorus]
Oh no, darling
Don’t change for anyone but yourself
Oh no, darling
Don’t change for anyone

[Verse 2]
I miss your father, brother, mothers
All of that sweet simplicity
And in a way, I wished I stayed
To walk the dogs when clogging our content machine
Then came the tiger on my shoulder
Pointing out aching cavities
This gilded place is still a cage
And so I bent you till you broke then bore my teeth

[Pre-Chorus]
And if i could go back
There’s so much I would change
Despite your capitalist ways
I loved you all the same
And though I can’t go back
I try to freeze the frame
Sentimental pulled back on the reigns
Couldn’t slow to match your pace

[Chorus]
Oh no, darling
Don’t change for anyone but yourself
Oh no, darling
Don’t change for anyone but yourself

[Post-Chorus]
Nobody's ride
Nobody's ride
Nobody's riding the long run, it’s a long ride darling
Nobody's ride
Nobody's ride
Nobody's ride
Don’t change for anyone but yourself
Nobody's ride
Nobody's ride
Nobody's riding the long run, it’s a long ride darling
Nobody's ride
Nobody's ride
Nobody's ride
Don’t change for anyone

[Verse-3]
My funny bone, don’t it hurt
To be alone, love takes work
I’m still so young and so are you
But you don’t know, and one dares to challenge you
And I don’t care about all your calving
Puppy love, suss it out
I care 'bout you, but how can I when you shut down
And posture rather than tell the truth

[Chorus]
(Oh no, oh no)
Oh no, darling
Don’t change for anyone but yourself
Oh no, darling
Don’t change for anyone but yourself

[Post-Chorus]
Nobody's ride
Nobody's ride
Nobody's riding the long run, it’s a long ride darling
Nobody's ride
Nobody's ride
Nobody's ride
Don’t change for anyone but yourself
Nobody's ride
Nobody's ride
Nobody's riding the long run, it’s a long ride darling
Nobody's ride
Nobody's ride
Nobody's ride
Don’t change for anyone

[Outro]
As for the vultures in your corner
I wish you psychic self defense
That you sense fickle friends
And if they bleed, you dry
You can’t come cry to me