We'll See

When I was a kid, if my brothers and I
Asked my parents for a treat,
We could tell right off by their reply
If we had met defeat.

For even if there did exist
A possibility,
We knew that "No!" was hidden 
In those dreaded words "We'll see."

"We'll see" implied that circumstance 
Could alter their decision,
But kids learn to respond to that
With well-deserved derision.

I vowed to never say that phrase,
Though I still hear it used,
'Cause every child who hears it
Knows it means he's been refused.