When You Were Wild

Down on Granada Drive lived a girl named Lisa.
Planned to be an astronaut at 10 years old.
Once held a magic show in her daddy's study.
She rode her bike with us boys.  She was creative and bold.  

Across the aisle from me sat a girl named Lisa.
She raised her hand for every question in class.
But she found that Joey Hughes wouldn’t give her a minute
Unless she kept her ideas to herself.  She changed so fast.

And I wish I could tell her then what I could say now.

Run like the time when you were wild.
Dance like the days when you were a child.
Good little girls don't always have to smile.
Go back the years when you were wild.

At the desk beside of me sat a woman — Lisa.
She did what she was told and never spoke her mind.
When they promoted me to the office in Phoenix.
Well, the company left Lisa far behind.

I wish I could tell her then what I could say now.

Run like the time when you were wild.
Dance like the days when you were a child.
Good little girls don't always have to smile.
Go back the years when you were wild.

She used to think that she could do anything if she just tried hard enough.
Until she realized that gettin' it done makes a woman seem too rough.

Run like the time when you were wild.
Dance like the days when you were a child.
Good little girls don't always have to smile.
Go back the years...

Run like the time when you were wild.
Dance like the days when you were a child.
Good little girls don't always have to smile.
Go back the years when you were wild.