Rainbow Child

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