"Second Times a Charm"

I hated having braces, they were always in the way
Of speaking and of eating, but this is the price you have to pay

After getting them off after the New Year in sixth grade
You could not imagine that amount of happiness I displayed

I thought my teeth were good now, they are straight forever
So I never wore my retainer, I thought I was so clever

I wore it every so often, when my dad yelled at me
But other than those few times, I smiled with glee

My teeth started to shift back and cross over each other
Of course the first to notice were my father and mother

I tried one day to put my bottom retainer in
Snap! It broke, there goes my big grin

Straight to the orthodontist to get braces back on
Six more months of this, and then I'm done

Six months later they're off again
I guess this is the price you pay, beauty is pain