Ups and downs
smiles and frowns
fluffy horizon views
going underground.

Higher now
new sights and sounds
full of the joys of spring
‘til you come back down.

Sunny-faced people
raining on down
wondering what it all means.
Life on a trampoline.

Urge to soar
stuck on the floor
you want to take on the world
with your mousy roar.

You snipped the cord
now you’re unmoored.
Reaching up for the stars
is its own reward.
Up on high wire
with heavenly choir
lacking in self-esteem.
Life on a trampoline.

Here comes another last chance.
Tried saving the last dance for you.
Caught the elastic of my big-boy pants
now we’re stuck in a free fall for two.

What you are, you say you are, you get
to fall in love without a safety net.

As hard as you push
it’s never enough
you never quite make the scene.
Life on a trampoline.

Here comes another fat chance
had the world in my hands but it slipped through.
On the way up it’s all romance
but when gravity calls your fall comes due.
It’s a scream…
Life on a trampoline