Nowadays the kids don't ever really play
They sit around watching t.v wasting away the day
With a controller in their hand playing some violent video game
The idiot box and internet has taken them in as a slave
Or with some kind of new smart phone ,an iPod, or an iPad
Until their fingers get so tired that they actually take a nap
What ever happened to cowboys and indians or playing cops and robbers
Or baseball in a dirt field, we'll be the Yankees and you can be the dodgers
I would to pretend to be "The Bambino" also known as Babe Ruth
Well before my time, but baseball was a big part of my youth
Yes video games were a great way for us to pass the time
But nothing like riding a skateboard on a ramp that we designed
Or going on a journey over the hills and through the woods
Searching for adventures like the big kids use to do
They would always come back telling us some kind of scary tale
And we being the scared and brave had to go and see for ourself
First we'd stop at the store and buy twenty fireballs for just ten cents
And a dollar of our allowance would get us a hundred bottle rockets
Along the way our conversations would be endless with a bunch of big what if's
Like what if Spiderman and Batman really did exist
And what if the Incredible Hulk was defeated by the Mighty Thor
I couldn't wait to get my first edition from the comic store
With great imaginations not limited by the sky
As we camped out in our backyards staring deep into the night
What if cats were really dogs the silly things we'd contemplate
While roasting hotdogs and marshmallows after a long day
Then eventually one fell a sleep and we'd draw a mustache on his face
Enough motivation for us to wake up early the next day
We always rode our skateboards sometimes we'd ride a bike
Someone on the handle bars or sometimes we'd just hike
Another adventure awaits over the hills and through the woods
Something today I would like to see more our children do
*JJF*
4/24/2013