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When Did I Stop Being a Kid

Jim Melko & L.B. Fred 

 

Today was a bad one, my desk is a mess

Sometimes it’s just too much to bear

It’s time to go home, leave behind all the stress

On the way, I pass by the old playground where

            It was swingsets and baseball and cowboys and guns

            And life was a matter of homework or fun

            No one’s future depended upon what I did

So when did I stop being a kid?

 

My wife’s on the sofa with tears in her eyes

She’s holding an old Raggedy-Ann

She said, “I’m cleaning the attic, and look what I found!

You may not understand…

            But we would play through the day with our tea sets and clothes   

            And you’d be surprised at the secrets she knows

            Oh, the princes we married and parties we’d give!

When did I stop being a kid?”

 

When did heroes start standing on feet made of clay

When did summers stop being a time just for play

When did Santa stop coming and the bills come instead

And when did I stop being a kid?

 

Tell me, when did I stop being a kid?

 

 

 © 1992 by Pretty Pony Music & L.B. Fred

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