13

Picture me

Just another cool kid in NYC

Near the park and the Met

Got my crew

Everything was great and I never knew

Just how bad it would get

Who'd have guessed

Dad would ruin everything?

Mom's depressed

And her lawyers are mean

Now I'm stressed

Life is a disaster

And I'm cracking from the strain

Going totally insane

And I'm just about to turn

Just about to turn

Just about to turn

(13!) Everything switches

(13!) Everything turns around

(13!) End up in stitches

(13!) Hide away underground

(13!) Can I get through it?

(13!) Life'll change overnight

(13!) How do I do it?

(13!) Nothing is going right

The best and the worst

And the most and the least

And the crazy and the scary

And I'm standing on the edge!

12 years old

Everything that used to be good as gold

Starts to crumble and crack

Pressure mounts

Once it was a joke, now it really counts

And there's no turning back

Life goes wrong

Suddenly they're yelling that your hair's too long

Or your room isn't clean

Roll along

Every conversation is another lost cause

Or a list of my flaws

And I'm just about to turn

Just about to turn

God, I'm gonna to turn

(13!) What am I doing?

(13!) Who am I gonna be?

(13!) Somebody listen

(13!) Somebody talk to me!

Why is my life a complete disaster?

How did things get so far off track?

How can I not go to Indiana?

How do I get my family back?

I wanna fly

Wanna run

Wanna drive

Wanna get rich

Wanna get mad

Wanna get out

Wanna get my braces off

Wanna get my nose pierced

Wanna grow my hair long

But all I keep hearing is

"No, you're not ready!"