Child of the Sun

Born to this world in sixty-one Another child of the sun I entered in the dead of night To breathe the air and see the light Though rooted in the Netherlands Together we would make a stand The first son and the third of five How good it was to be alive From May until say Labor Day The sun would call me out to play So I begin to drink it in And let it penetrate my skin I' d climb the tallest tree in sight Pretending I was taking flight I'd skin my knee and lick the blood And rub the pain away with mud Referred to as the middle class Though what it meant I didn't ask But one thing that was not in doubt We never had to do without So it was off to school for me A place void of fond memories No Ritalin for remedy The classroom was like jail to me The bell meant I had been paroled My chair the first one getting cold The clock was now my friend at last With freedom just beyond the glass Now entering the junior high I learned of Lucy In The Sky While Dylan spoke of rolling stones My hair grew to my collar bone The girls were filling out so nice My studies had to sacrifice Was told i saw through bedroom eyes A trait that must be utilized The party scene would suit me fine Preferring whiskey over wine While using every pick-up line I broke some hearts as they did mine My adolescence came and went I'd say that it was time well spent But when I think of what should be I hear the highway calling me While standing on the overpass My Chevy Novas' low on gas I'm always looking to the west A yearning burning in my chest As Robert Plant sang "Ramble On" I couldn't help but sing along So needing to comply my fix I stood beside I-Ninety-Six Had Arizona on the brain As I looked back at my domain My mother felt this day would come But knew where I was coming from With just the clothing on my rack My thumb would have to have my back A mile down I caught a ride That brought me to the Great Divide It took a truck and seven cars Five days of sun and four of stars Heard "Free Bird" on the radio The lyrics tugging at my soul The last girl in particular Would take a shine to me for sure She pulled over and made a nest And slowly got herself undressed So leaving at the crack of dawn We wonder where the night had gone My destination now in view We said goodbye as lovers do I walked away across the sand One with the sun as I had planned My tracks were all I left behind To follow if you're so inclined