My transcription from the recording heard at Spotify:


GO PLAY IN TRAFFIC
As sung by Dave Rudolf on "Where Do Legends Go?" (2003)

1. Well, it was slow in comin' but I first found out that day
I came home from school to find my parents moved away.
Well, I finally tracked them down in some obscure little town,
And when I rang the doorbell, mother told me with a frown:

CHORUS: Go play in traffic.
Go take candy from a stranger.
Play with fire by a ranger.
Go play hopscotch on the roof of the Sears Tower.
Go play in traffic.
Hop a rail to Minnesota.
Be a monk in North Dakota.
Go see if you can hold your breath an hour.

2. And all the kids in school, well, they'd laugh right in my face.
Whenever we played baseball, they'd use me as third base,
And they all thought it was good fun when we'd all play hide-and-seek.
Yes, I always was the finder and they'd hide from me for weeks.

And when I'd finally found them, this is what they'd say: CHORUS

3. But now that I am older and my wisdom's grown with age,
I've forgiven all my playmates and my parents' constant rage,
For now I have two kids, who smash and wreck this place,
And as soon as I can catch them, well, I'll tell them to their face: CHORUS


[A concert performance of this song is on Dave Rudolf's album "Vintage Dave" (2004).]