This boy, I saw him drive along in the car
and I looked at it
I was sort of like, fretting, I suppose, but anyway
I saw him drive past in the car
and I looked down, and here he is and I thought
"You are an idiot! "
For all I know, he's probably
goin' off out the window on the street
"Why don't you wake up and start livin' your life"
And that's— that very moment
is like a bolt of lightning
came down from the heavens
And sort of struck me, and said
"Go out and do your own thing
stop moonin' over this idiot"
"You can be whatever you wanna be"
and that, at 18 years of age, I just went