You are eighteen but sometimes you act like you are two
And let me tell you what you have a lot of growing up to do
You say you want to save up money so you can be on your own
I give you a week before you you’re on the phone calling home

You rant and rave when things don’t go your way
Then we need to watch out because there goes our day
Nothing is ever handed to you on a silver plate
Haven’t you learned anything from our mistakes?

Are you just that blind you don’t take the time to see?
That everything just isn’t always about me, me, me!
You have a new boyfriend, new school, new job, but for how long?
And Just remember as fast as it came it can all be gone

We ask you a question and you go on a rampage
For once in your life can you finally act your age?
You said some things that hurt me really bad
Do you care that your family is all you have

Nothing I have done for you is what you say
I just can’t believe you said that to mom that day
I picked up your boyfriend, brother and would take them to school
And pretty much anything you asked me I would do

Then you tell me that you won’t drive me anywhere
Do you think you’re hurting me think of your niece and nephew is that fair?
Knowing darn well that I am not allowed to drive
Did that make you feel good inside?

Go ahead and use that as a threat
Because that is something you are going to regret
I’m not saying your brother hasn’t started any fights
And he is old enough also to know the difference between wrong and right

No one is perfect and that includes me
This relationship needs to get better or you will see

That a bond between a family will be broken
And the words between a family will never be spoken
So if this is what we want ,then this path it will lead
And if it’s not, we need to become the family we used to be.