Thirteen in a world too wild, thirteen got your bright eyes open wide you'd like to run faster than these times to hold back the emptiness you feel inside 'cause life's no dream, no carousel, you pay your dues, you learn it well trust your heart and take your chance to sing your song and dance your dance And you wish you could fly, and you're blowin' your mind, thirteen and you wish you could fly, but all you can do is dream, thirteen. Thirteen and it's black or white, thirteen always stuck between wrong and right courting catastrophe with brand-new toys it's hard to talk to you, there's nothing but noise you pierce your skin, tattoo your soul, can't stand your old man's rock'n'roll set your pace and take your chance to sing your song and dance your dance
And you wish you could fly, and you're shiftin' your mind, thirteen and you wish you could fly, but all you can do is dream, thirteen. Oh, life's no dream, no carousel, you pay your dues, you learn it well choose your speed and take your chance to sing your song and dance your dance And you wish you could fly, always changin' your mind, thirteen and you wish you could fly, when all that is left is dream and you wish you could fly, always shiftin' your mind, thirteen and you wish you could fly, but all you can do is dream, thirteen... Thirteen in a world too wild, thirteen got your bright eyes open wide thirteen, thirteen, thirteen.