the wrong child

• rem $arkisi
  album:green
  
  i've watched the children come and go
  a late long march into spring
  i sit and watch those children
  jump in the tall grass
  leap the sprinkler
  walk in the ground
  bicycle clothespin spokes
  the sound the smell of swingset hands
  
  i will try to sing a happy song
  i'll try and make a happy game to play
  
  come play with me i whispered to my new found friend
  tell me what it's like to go outside
  i've never been
  tell me what it's like to just go outside
  i've never been
  and i never will
  
  i'm not supposed to be like this
  i'm not supposed to be like this
  but it's okay
  
  hey those kids are looking at me
  i told my friend myself
  those kids are looking at me
  they're laughing and they're running over here
  they're laughing and they're running over here
  what do i do?
  what can i do?
  what should i do?
  what do i say?
  what can i say?
  
  i said i'm not supposed to be like this
  let's try to find a happy game to play
  let's try to find a happy game to play
  i'm not supposed to be like this
  but it's okay...okay