Mother May I

Mother May I Go outside into the light Shuttered windows and doors I can not breath Inside this house The Sun light is on my mind Flowers and trees and spring like weather It should be boy meets girl on an open field But I can not breath Inside this house Mother May I Go against the grain and the law and take a walk in the park And say hello to the crabgrass and burgeoning nascent of life My detour from the box stores will be short And I will keep my distance from the dark woods Mother May I Go to the top of the mountain and tell what I see Mother May I Go to the top of the mountain and tell what I see That the promise land looks further away That the dark woods are encroaching That it is cold as hell outside But I can not breath Inside this house No more