You're Two Years Old

a song from 2005

This two-year-old is now turning twenty and the poet’s beard is turning gray

You’re two years old
You’re all done with one
You’re bright and bold
Like the moon and the sun
You’re terrible-two 
And wonderful too
Sweet as sugar glue
And I am stuck on you

You started out in Mommy’s belly
A tiny little girl were you
Mommy ate lots of peanut butter and jelly
And you grew and you grew and you grew

Then one night we got the sign
So we drove down to Sacred Heart
At 4:57 on November 29
You landed in our apple cart

Now you’re two years old
You’re all done with one
You’re bright and bold
Like the moon and the sun
You’re terrible-two 
And wonderful too
Sweet as sugar glue
And I am stuck on you

At first we started counting up from zero
The weeks and the months that passed
And all the while you were our hero
For spitting up and moving on fast

You liked the butterflies that danced above
And any dog that you could see
You liked the songs we made out of
Things like poop and pee

Now you’re two years old
You’re all done with one
You’re bright and bold
Like the moon and the sun
You’re terrible-two 
And wonderful too
Sweet as sugar glue
And I am stuck on you

At the age of one you started to walk
And then you started to run
With a “nano” and a “dat” you started to talk
About things that you thought were fun

With Mommy and Daddy and Grandma and Grandpa
And Mimi and everyone
You turned on the charm and fixed it with a saw
That cut through the clouds to the sun

Now you’re two years old
You’re all done with one
You’re bright and you’re bold
Like the moon and the sun
You’re terrible-two 
And wonderful too
Sweet as sugar glue
And I am stuck on you
Yeah I am stuck on you
Oh, I am stuck on you


[click on the voiceover link above to listen to this song]