When I was six

I had a pal

Some now know'im as

The rainbow childW

 

We spent those years

Playing tag

Watchin' All That

ANd getting laughs

 

But his name

Was really Simon

But nobody gave a damn

They just know him as

The rainbow child

 

In 7th grade

He showed himself

For who he was

I was shocked like hell

 

But I still saw

An old good friend

Someone you can Al

ways depend

 

But high school was different

'cause they only saw a queer

And that's when they called him

 

Rainbow child

Social misfit

Rainbow child

 

He had a lotta fights

BUt sophomore year

He'd gotten expelled

He left in tears

 

And then came the news

I won't forgetW

hen I learned that

My friend was dead

 

They found him in

His bathtub

Lying underwater

With both his wrists cut

 

Everytime I close my eyes

I see him flying high

An' in my dreams I see us at age nine

 

Rainbow child

Rainbow child