I am and You are

I'm the adult and you're the child
my mother used to say
Every time I wanted to do it my way

I couldn't wait til I was older
to have just what I wanted

I'm the adult and you're the child
my mother used to say

This land of doing what you wanted
seemed awfully far away

I'm the adult and you're the child
When I grow up it's something that
I am never going to say

Petulant thoughts
I just didn't know
all that would happen
when I would grow

I'm the adult and you're the child
my mother used to say

How I wish that in life
this is how it would always stay

Now that I am quite the adult
handling the burdens of the day

How I long to hear my mom
once again just say
I'm the adult and you're the child
but it's no longer this way