Gie Few - Tried As An Adult lyrics

You will be tested in your beliefs You will be shaken under your foundation You will be forced to defend the guilty You will be witness to the birth of a new nation You will be tardy before your time You will have everything you need in the world You will be asked for your honest opinion & then be sorely misunderstood You will be fearless in the eyes of pain & guilt But shameful in the eyes of yourself You will be tried as an adult, but you've committed no crime You will be cautioned without explanation You will spend weeks upon weeks in queue You will be expected, but never asked it You will waste time & chalk it up to paying dues You will be everything you thought you never wanted You will catch grief from the pa**ing heads You will be poorly translated & then You will be blamed for things you never said You will be made to play the game & then The game will change unannounced You will be tried as an adult, but you've committed no crime You will be tempted by uncertain freedom You will be overruled again & again You will be hero in the mind of a stranger But then be forced to wear the lampshade now & then You will look up at the moon & stars at night & ask God 'is this all that I get?' You will be tried as an adult, but you've committed no crime