Run along and play my son,

I do not wish your work begun

For when you start upon that path

Your feats might bring you to god's wrath.

What’s over there? Go run and see!

You are still young, don’t let it be.

Keep on your wondering if you can

Those who forget to, become bad men.

I see the small castle you’ve made on your own

It's much like a kingdom which I’ve overthrown

There once was a Pharaoh whose cities were grand

No more are they there in the vast shifting sand.

Dear boy I must tell you don't reach for the sky,

The walls you may build will one day be a lie

Spend your time simply while sharing in love

For an empire destroyed merits less than a dove.

You might build yourself statues to heighten your fame

But if you lose friends, who’ll remember your name?

The statue will fall, and your face will erode

Pay head to me son, do not follow that road.

Joy can not be bought and is not made of stone

You won’t find it there in your hollow gold throne,

But I believe in you son, that you’ll understand joy.

I believe that you know, even now as a boy.