The Trouble With Templeton
The Trouble With Templeton
The Trouble With Templeton
The Trouble With Templeton
The Trouble With Templeton
The Trouble With Templeton
The Trouble With Templeton
The Trouble With Templeton
The Trouble With Templeton
The Trouble With Templeton
The Trouble With Templeton
[Verse 1]
Can't help but sigh when I'm alone and feeling lower, and
Filling my nights thinking 'bout life if I were bolder, and
Like a kid in the back room, watching television waiting for the bathroom
It isn't safe to assume there'll be someone on the corner to escort you
[Chorus]
Mother, why'd you tell my friends?
Mother, why'd you sell my things?
I'm feeling like a faucet leaking
[Verse 2]
Can't help but cry when I'm at home and sleeping soundly, and
Reading my books 'bout how life looks when you're astounding, and
Like a man at the front door, always selling you a ticket to the big draw
It isn't safe to ignore that other part of you that you would almost kill for
[Chorus]
Mother, why'd you tell my friends?
Mother, why'd you sell my things?
Mother, what is it this time?
Mother, why you always crying?
You're looking like a faucet leaking
[Outro]
Can't help but sigh when I'm alone and feeling lower
Like A Kid was written by Thomas Calder.
Like A Kid was produced by Matt Redlich.
The Trouble With Templeton released Like A Kid on Thu Feb 28 2013.
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