Denali Gillaspie Company
The tree house that was built for us
Was a palace flat and roofless in the tallest tree our
dad could find
And we would play inside that fort
Neighborhood kids in their summer shorts
Letting our imaginations take over our minds
Please don’t grow up, is that a reasonable request
I guess being the legal drinking age will be the
ultimate test
But please don’t grow up at least not without me
But if you do, I’m coming too
To keep you company
Stuffed animals got dust in their eyes from sitting on
your shelf in a pile
I got a cloth to dust them off and renew their site
They told me everything they’d seen
The images of you and me
Wading in the ocean with the water to our knees
Well your shoes are so big
And my feet seem so tiny
You’re as tall as the clouds with their silver lining
I’m only as tall as the hills in our town so I can look
up to you
Please don’t grow up at least not without me
But if you do, I’m coming too
To keep you company
Some say our childhoods are packaged up like shipping
goods in boxes in the basement
And your room is now vacant
You made a home in San Diego
But I’m in good old San Francisco
We’re repping the blue and yellow state
But the golden gate city just ain’t as golden without
you
So please don’t grow up at least not without me
But if you do, I’m coming too
To keep you company