Life Begins Oh the pressure, the pain of the squeeze It would bring an adult down to their knees The light is so bright, the air a cool breeze Not like the inside, just floating with ease A slap on my ass, I take my first breath I exhale a scream, and scare myself half-to-death From nurse to nurse, cold hands abound They wash me, and wrap me, and turn me around They show me my dad, and pass me to mom It's all very chaotic, not very calm Then the nurse takes me and whisks me away To the nursery, I'm going, for the rest of the day I hear more screaming, sobbing and crying All these babies, the silence they're defying And through the window, waving people of all races Old people, young people, smile and make faces A nurse lifts me up, and puts a bottle in my mouth Then places me in a crib, puts a diaper on my south Wraps me back in the blanket again And watches over us like an old mother hen What a shock, a horrible transition From womb to world, without my permission I'll understand later why we humans fear change We get used to surroundings, then "poof", something strange
