Seven years old with a brand-new coloring book

Every page is a perfect design

You can decide on the colors that you like

As long as you stay in the lines

Tell me what did you learn at school today

Did they show you what you're worth

In numbers and signs?

You could read every word

You can solve every equation a hundred times

Just to wonder what comes next, oh

All these years of filling out papers

Building a future, keeping your head down

Tryin’ to keep a head on your shoulders

Keep it creative, make it your own somehow

'Cause it's all a piece of the plan

It's something you'll understand

When you're older

(Something you'll understand)

The day that you leave, and it's all before your feet

You've heard all the tips and the tricks

So you hum to a tune

Singing you'll figure it out soon

You're a smart kid, tough kid, but you're still a kid that grew

(But you're still a kid that)

But you're still a kid that grew

(But you're still a kid that)

But you're still a kid that grew

(But you're still a kid that)

But you're still a kid that grew

(But you're still a kid that)

But you're still a kid that

Throw 'em in the water

They will sink or float

If you don't then you will never know

Throw 'em in the water

Let 'em sink or float

But unless you let it happen, you will never know

Throw 'em in the water

Let 'em sink or float

Give 'em what they need to move on

Then you let them go

Throw 'em in the water

They will sink or float

All these years of filling out papers

Building a future, keeping your head down

Tryin’ to keep a head on your shoulders, keep it creative

Make it your own somehow

'Cause it's all a piece of the plan

It's something you'll understand

When you're older

(Throw 'em in the water)

(They will sink or float)