Growing Up in a Wheelchair

Lyrics

Upstairs so lonely, he stares out the window He watches the kids in the park Shaking at night his hands pull out his chair He's growing up in a wheelchair There's so much silence and tension and darkness His chest is so hollow with fear Shaking and spastic and choking on air He's growing up in a wheelchair Growing up in a wheelchair Communication is such a frustration His thoughts and his words are not one Angry and frightened with routine despair He's growing up in a wheelchair Growing up in a wheelchair But when he looks way beyond what is real He can fly, he can soar, he can touch, he can feel Out of his cage, the nurse turns on the light And there is his wheelchair Marionette with the haywire strings Face of ceramic is broken Eyes are so glass, even nervous, they stare He's growing up in a wheelchair Up to the doctor and back down to earth The straps on his arms are so heavy Drooling and screaming, but no one is there He's growing up in a wheelchair Growing up in a wheelchair But when he looks way beyond what is real He can fly, soar, he can touch, he can feel Out of his cage, he flies above the clouds And he is so free He has his wings like an angel in glory No longer crippled from limbs that are faulty He flies so high, the nurse turns on the light And there is his wheelchair He is a problem, a cripple, a burden With no letting up from the pain He is ignored and he's placed over there He's growing up in a wheelchair Where is his future and where is his past With paralyzed powers of pain Hell is so real, too confused to compare He's growing up in a wheelchair Growing up in a wheelchair But when he looks way beyond what is real He can fly, he can soar, he can touch, he can feel Out of his cage, he flies above the clouds And he is so free He has his wings like an angel in glory No longer crippled from limbs that are faulty He flies so high, he watches the lights on the river Far below He can speak clearly and he can relate And his thoughts and his words communicate People will listen, the nurse turns on the light And there is his wheelchair The nurse turns on the light And there is his wheelchair The nurse turns on the light And there is his wheelchair