I went down to the mall Then they closed down the mall Guess they don't want me going to the mall 'Cause I'm just too small  ---This references on how sometimes people think we're to young to some stuff
the 'too small' line is the worst line in the song. it is literally just a rhyme. horrible. i am against doing this. it breaks one of my best rules of songwriting, which is don't do that. The triple mall line(s), however, i stand behind. And it's basically my way of plowing fearlessly into the second verse. Think of it this way ........ i had just selected this song the day before, to be the next one that's recorded, and i was having major remorse about it (despite having been very diligent in the song selection). I really was feeling down about the whole thing, and i had already changed my mind about it and chose to do a much sadder and slower song instead. But then i was doubting that one just as much, so, i was actually at the barber and i was waiting for a hair cut, and i was trying to comprehend what went wrong in the song choice. So i came back to thinking about this 'la de da' song. At the time, the song was only written up until the end of the first chorus. so i guess i just briefly posed the question, 'what if i COULD do this one.... and what would the second verse most likely be, if i did it' and just as i was getting into the barber chair, the first 3 mall lines assaulted me right in the face. And i was immediately convinced that that seals the deal for the song choice, but that particular burst of writing went no further. and i was left to toil in the mud when i got home to try to complete the phrase. i made a bad decision, and i suppose i tried to mask it with background vocal arrangements