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When I was a child, I laughed like a child |
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I looked like a child, I spoke like a child |
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I even played the ordinary games |
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That children usually do |
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I didn't worry about world affairs |
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Electric chairs |
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Grey hairs |
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And though I was much happier then |
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I hadn't met you |
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Oh, I remember laughing in the sun |
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And playing tricks on everyone |
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Easter eggs and daddy-long-legs |
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And Christmas toys all new |
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I didn't read about corrosion |
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Or population |
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Explosion |
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And though I had a lot of fun then |
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I hadn't met you |
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And you made me realise |
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The part I had to play |
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In the war games |
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And the strike games |
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And the money games of today |
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You made me grow up |
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And so I say goodbye to booms and bangs |
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To lemon meringue |
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My gang |
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Tadpoles and diggin' holes |
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Candyfloss, my rockin' horse too |
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And now instead of these |
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I worry about hunger and disease |
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And though my cares are many |
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Now I have you |
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And you made me grow up |
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You made me grow up |
