Childish Things Lyrics - James Mcmurtry

Aunt Clara kept her bible right next to the phone 

In case she needed a quote while she talked to someone 

In my memory she smiles while the blessings said 

And visions of freeze tag dance in my head 

She says I'll grow up big if I eat all my roast 

That I'll still believe in heaven 

But I won't believe in ghosts anymore 

I'll put away childish things 

I'll put away childish things 

Every other weekend, age of thirteen 

With my fishing pole and my field and stream 

Riding back home on the trail ways bus 

I looked out the window till I saw too much 

And I called my parents by their own first names 

I played in the alley but I didn't play the game anymore 

I put away childish things, I put away childish things 

The wolves howl all night long 

They won't stop and they won't go home 

Beneath my window they run 

Probably it'll be alright 

If I keep it all locked up tight 

And wait till daylight comes 

Now my boy goes like a house on fire 

He'll never burn out and he'll never retire 

And I remember when I used to think like that 

When I was young and the world was flat 

But I'm forty some years old now and man I don't care 

All I won't now is just a comfortable chair 

And to sell all my stock and live on the coast 

I don't believe in heaven but I still believe in ghosts 

I've put away childish things, I've put away childish things 

I've put away childish things, I've put away childish things 

The wolves howl all night long 

They won't stop and they won't go home 

Beneath my window they run 

Probably it'll be alright 

If I keep it all locked up tight 

And wait till daylight comes 

If I wait till daylight comes