Coming of Age In America

At age sixteen you can drive a new car Although you can't enter (most) taverns or bars At sixteen you can even drop out of school If that's who you really think you are At age eighteen you can legally cast a ballot If you can find a candidate who pleases your palate You can gamble the night away at a casino In Vegas, Monte Carlo, Atlantic City or Reno You can even join the army and 'see the world' Aleppo, Homs, Kabul, Fallujah, Baghdad Places where your patriotism's forever unfurled So! What's still left for you at age twenty-one? That's right! --The ultimate in 'fun in the sun:' You can celebrate -- legally -- with five drinks or ten And go ahead! Pour yourself another tall one! ~ Then go out and buy yourself a brand-new hand-gun!