I'Ll Jump

When I was a kid
Just a skinny kid
We would summer at the shore
Since I was afraid
I only would wade to waist high and nothing more
Never over my head
But choosing instead
To see the bottom below
I was safe I was sound
Feet on the ground
No threat from the undertow
But one day this boy who was older
Threw me over his sunburnt shoulder
And to my surprise and my shock
Tossed me off of the end of the dock
And I swam
Fear replaced with the thilling taste
I would not soon forgot
What a crime to waste more time
Than never get wet
So I vowed to the blue skies above
Next time I wont need a shove
I'll jump
I'll jump
When I was 16, barely just 16
My great uncle came to town
A gourmet of note who researched a cookbook of some renound
There was page after page
Of saffron and sage
The spice of a life he had led
Tales of places he'd seen
Sampled cuisine would fill up my teenaged head
So that June he made a suggestion
In the form of a simple question
Would I like to go sail the seas
Feast in trinidad, dine in Beliz
I said yes
Suitcase packed yet still I lacked
The nerve to explore
Fear prevailed
His ship set sail
But I stayed on shore
I had forgotten the lesson once learned
Next time if the chance returned
I'd jump
Better safe than sorry
Is no way to play the game
It's rather sorry that safe leads to nothing
But more of the same
So here I am now
This is me right now
Perched upon this hotel bed
My only desire
To somehow aquire
A blueprint for what's ahead
I could keep my routine
A life that's serene
With comforting guarentees
Or go out on a limb
And take a swim
In deep and unchared seas
I have learned that life is quite fleeting
And mistakes waste your time repeating
Since the gain could outweigh the harm
And we all know that three times the charm
I will jump
Fear replored I will jump on board
And go for the ride
I'll be strong and if I'm wrong
At least I'll have tried
Life is meant to be lived on the edge
Ths time I wont fear the ledge
I'll jump
I'll jump
I'll Jump