wishing I could be you

I'm wishing I could be you
you make it look so easy
I would envy you except
there's too much learning to be done
so I will pay attention
to every lesson that you've taught me
I'm an old man but I feel
like my life has just begun

           I know I can be a handful
          but lead me by example
          and I'll show you exactly
          what I can do
          I don't know what you see in me
          but no one has believed in me
          I can show you daydreams
          both harrowing and true

I wish you were my relation
and then I'd always know you
instead I must accept
the limits of our time
that run like life's a highway
through the deserts and the prairies
and the only ties that bind us
are the ones we leave behind

          I know I can be a handful
          but lead me by example
          and I'll show you exactly
          what I can do
          I don't know what you see in me
          but no one has believed in me
          I can show you daydreams
          both harrowing and true