We'Ll See

When I was a kid, if my brothers and I Asked my parents for a treat, We could tell right off by their reply If we had met defeat. For even if there did exist A possibility, We knew that "No!" was hidden In those dreaded words "We'll see." "We'll see" implied that circumstance Could alter their decision, But kids learn to respond to that With well-deserved derision. I vowed to never say that phrase, Though I still hear it used, 'Cause every child who hears it Knows it means he's been refused.