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