Cheryl Wheeler - Half A Book lyrics

When I was just a baby on my family's knee My papa used to read me half a book a week. Got fifty cents for nothin', and nothin's what I'd do. I'd talk and sing to no one And everything was true. (Chorus) So mama won't you hold me a little closer, Papa won't you show me a little bit more. I was just a baby, now I'm gettin' older What was all the rush to growin' up for? When me and my best friend went catching frog and snakes, We'd find them in the streams, and put them in the lakes. But oh how time can change you It isn't hard to see, Those things I used to run to Now they come at me (Repeat Chorus) So I wake up every morning later than I should, Feed the cat and wonder if I'm bad or good. Drive to where I'm working, I sing and take my pay, Sometimes I'm so happy Sometimes I just say - (Repeat Chorus)