No choice

i can’t do
what I want to do
so I do what I have to do

that’s what its like to be young
it’s not what I want to do
but it’s the best I can do

if I’m not aloud to get what I want
then I am supposed to want what I can get
it’s not what I want to do
but at least I have the future
to look forward to

since I can’t always go
where I want to go
i’ll go where I am aloud
to go
always understanding
it’s only temporary

i’ve learned to not always express
the way I feel
so I try to feel the ways
i can express
but this is why youth
alone learns to laugh
at the reason we cry