How To Eat Like A Child - Why Should A Kid Have To Walk? lyrics

Why should a kid who has run out of gum

have to beg for a ride to the store?

Which by car is just minutes away

but by foot could take half of the day!

And why can a grown-up zoom off in the car

to a party that's right down the block?

And when even your pet

gets a ride to the vet

Oh why should a kid have to walk?!

Wandering through the traffic

probably getting lost

probably getting hit by a car

bit by a dog

choked by exhaust!

And another thing.....

Why should a kid have to wheedle and plead

for a ride that she really deserves?

We'd be back before ten minutes pass

I'd be happy to pay for the gas!

In this land we have taxis and trains

Helicopters and planes

You can fly through the sky like a hawk!

We have tugs and canoes

We have B-52s

So why should a kid have to wear out her shoes?

So why should a kid have to walk?!

And walk...

And walk...

and walk...

And walk!