I am from GI Joes and model cars
From barbie dolls and playing chess
I am from tireswings
And games of tag
From hid’n’go’seek
And picnics outside

I am from Janet Jackson and John Snider
From Aerosmith and Frank Zapa
From the Oak Ridge Boys and the Statler Brothers
From Alice Cooper, and great Prince concerts

I am from long nights at the giltter dome
And riding bikes into the river
From rollerblades
From old ice skates
From hand-me-downs and “don’t be lates”