Just a Teen

My dad once told me being alone
Was sometimes  better than being with someone
That popular people were over rated
I just got the feeling he was jaded
 
Because that's just not the way it seems
When you're just a teen  
 
I'd stay awake late at night
Trying to figure out why I never got it right
Why no one would go out with me
Was I the monster they seemed to see?
 
Because that's just the way it seems  
When you're just a teen
 
I've since learned the lesson that time has taught  
That popular people aren't what I thought  
That sometimes being alone isn't so bad
Better than some of the relationships I've known and had  
 
We live and we learn as we go
Discovering things we knew just aren't so
That each and every life is so complex
You never know what will happen next
Every day has twists and turns
You celebrate wins, suffer loses and burns
 
That's something you just can't see
When you're just a teen
 
When I look back on how hard I was on myself
I really can't blame anyone else
If I had relaxed and taken things as they were
My life would've been better, I'm sure
 
But growing up is a learning thing
You can't rush the process or the changes they bring
You grow from the little things you've seen
Tomorrow you won't be the person you've been
 
So glad I've moved on and no longer
Just a teen