Spalexma - The Long Way Up

My daddy worked nights and my mama worked days,
And I learned how to vanish in the in-between space.
I thought I'd stay young like the river stays wild,
Didn't know the world was already taking the child.
Nobody tells you when it's gone; you just wake up one morning,
And the boy moved on.
Oh, I grew up the long way,
Left my heart on a back road somewhere.
I grew up the long way,
Trading my wonder for a thousand-yard stare.