Little boy wishes he wasn't small 
He'd give his turtle to be six feet tall 
He's got photos of Shaq and Ewing up on his wall 
And he'd try a jump shot but he's afraid he'll down 
Little girl wants to fall in love 
Dressed like her mother in white evening gloves 
She pretends, tells her friends she's got somewhere to go 
They don't ask where so they'll never know she feels 
With a shorter past there's a greater hurry 
Let the moment last, there's no need to worry 
We should be living for today or tomorrow anyway 
And don't ask for the world on a plate 'cause you just might get it 
Don't ever say it's too late, you know you'll regret it because 
Just when you think you're sure, your life can change right before your eyes 
A mother's thinking of her little boy 
Left home at sixteen back in '84 
He's got a dog named Lucy says she's all that he needs 
Lucy knows better she hears all his dreams 
When you search yourself, when you get down to it 
If you know yourself, you know you'll get through it 
So start living for today or tomorrow anyway 
And don't ask for the world on a plate 'cause you just might get it 
Don'r ever it's too late you know you'll regret it because 
Just when you're sure your life can change right before your eyes 
With a shorter past there's a greater hurry 
Don't grow too fast there's no need to worry 
Start living for today or tomorrow anyway... 
Just when you're sure your life can change right before your eyes 
Right before your eyes