Tiny children on their own
They learn so fast
How to make new friends
How to play their new gamesI remember a man he had shiny hair
Always hanging around when you went awayLittle eight year old
She knows too many secrets
Much too young to understand
What it meansI remember a woman with silver hair
And the smell and the taste of the bed we sharedAnd that's how I behaved
Every time that you went away
And now, though I'm older nothings changed
(Playing the same games)And I knew every day
Came a chance that you'd leave me
So I found what I could to take your placeTold me not to cry
Said that I'd survive
As he waved goodbyeAnd I want to try
Not to make you cry
Want us to survive
Never say goodbyeBut that's how I behave when you go away
Because though I'm older nothings changed
(Playing the same games)And I know every day
There's a chance that you'll leave me
So I find what I can to take your place