.......... First Day of School I've got a photograph We're holding hands Standing on the front porch step My legs were skinny then We were just little girls I older than you Out to test the unkown world It was our first day of school Didn't study world concerns At that wide-eyed age Cared if boys looked up our skirts And winning games we played I taught you how to read From my Dick & Jane books You looked up to me Just like our first day of school Grew tall as time went on Still short in common sense Found out that drugs were not Pink bottles in our medicine chest We thought that we were wise The world was ours to rule Lessons on how to add up life Every day a first day of school We're both grown up now You've got your own little girl Far away in different towns We phone once in a while Worry if our bills get paid Or which direction to choose Always learn something new everyday Life is like the first day of school © 1995 Evette Eleese