gold star kid

I used to live at the ballpark

Dirt under my nails

Every summer vacation

Was hotter than hell

Always a bit of a try hard

Never could hide it well

Crying out at the cages

When my average fell

I wanted practically perfect

Without all the practice

Some things never change

And this hasn't

Gold star kid

Don't let yourself get in the

way, again

You want your flowers then grow them

Nobody's keeping you from reaching it

Gold star kid

I used to ace every benchmark

Almost the top of my class

Don't know why I still say almost

Guess that's shit I won't ever get past

I wanted people to like me, invite me, believe in my songs

I was climbing at nineteen and proving 'em wrong

And I hate to admit that it took me this long

To see that nobody else was praying on my downfall

Gold star kid

Don't let yourself get in the

Way, again

You want your flowers then grow them

Nobody's keeping you from reaching it

Gold star kid

Ohhhhh

Gold star kid

I wanted practically perfect

Without all the practice

Some things never change

And this hasn't