Get Offa My Back

by Marina (aka "Emzie" of Z 13), age 10

Written during I Write the Songs That Make the Whole World Sing, taught by Steve White, Hunter Bell, Susan Blackwell, Heidi Blickenstaff & Jeff Bowen

May 2006

I look into the mirror
And I wonder
If my reflection will ever come to life
I need a friend who understands me
Because you come and pick on me all the time

Well look I'm not your squeeze toy
I'm not your Barbie doll
I'm not a piece of clay
You can't mold me into any shape

Well now let's go
Let's have some fun tonight
Let's just go out and see the lights
Forget about work
Just have some work
Go and have some fun
Let's go and have some fun
Go and have some fun
Don't just pick on me
Do you really want to grow
And be an old man living with his fifty-eight cats

Just go out and have some fun
Just go
Just go
Just go
Just go and have some fun
(X2)