First they made me sleep in the closet (laughter) First they made me sleep in the closet (awwwwwww) Then they made me sleep out in the hall when i got a little bit older, they made me sleep against the wall (aww) Then i was so young and tender (ohhhh) But now im oh so big and hard, ah oh (awww) And now that im a little bit older I've got to sleeps in the backyard When he was just about three All the girls would fight to see Who could hold him on their knee But now it's plain to see Now that he's big and hard He's got to stay in the backyard He had a job and got fired And ohh the ground is so hard And i'm so sure someday Some pretty girl will come his way And then his mama would say Boys and girls, you don't play And it's so plain to see What his mama wants him to be Locked and not to be free To play with you or me Now ill sleep out in the graveyard (ohhhhh) Seem my mama up and died (laugher, yea) Now ill just lay round her tombstone Scratching peace symbols in the side x4 I'm scratching peacesymbols in your tombstone Scratching peacesymbols in your mind I like to know how to get there I like to know how to get there Can't you heard ohh can't you hear a tear as i'm Scratching peacesymbols in your tombstone Scratching peacesymbols in your mind I like to know how to get there I like to know how to get there The only thing you know is what they told you The only thing you know is what they said They showed you by their actions That all was true and real was dead But i'm scratching peacesymbols in your tombstone Scratching peacesymbols in your mind I like to know how to get there I like to know how to get there My mama told me, just what she said Stay away from them girls and my bed But the women with her thoughts is all dead Cuz there's a cloud of led in her head I'm scratching peacesymbols in your tombstone Scratching peacesymbols in your mind