Childhood

Everyday's a childhood

Everyday's a wild wood

Always learning, always yearning

Everyday's a childhood

Sun in my eyes, spring in my nose

You asked what I remember most

Songs she sung by my cradle side

Father taught me to be kind

Before I learned the world was hard

Beneath the plum tree in the yard

Thinking, first life blossoms and then it fruits

Thought, "Even earth tastes pretty good"

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Whoever makes the summer bloom

When I grow up, I wanna be like you

I thought, "I love all the things you do

"So when I grow up, I wanna be like you"

But you told me of the cuckoo bird

Who takes the song birds from their nests

And steals their tune before it's heard

Now I know that sums up life the best

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'Cause everyday's a childhood

Oh, everyday's a wild wood

Always learning, always yearning

Everyday's a childhood

Trouble turns up at your door

Posts you heartbreak letters

The next thing you know, you've realised

You've never been much better

But I remember what I loved

I remember where I'm from

And I'll keep singing beauty's song

That is where my heart belongs

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'Cause everyday's a childhood

Everyday's a wild wood

Always learning, always yearning

Everyday's a childhood

When everything was all brand new

That innocence of childhood

Oh, the gentle spell that loved me well

Before the cuckoo rang the bell

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Well, if love's the sun and truth's the rain

Then mercy seasons growing pains

Well, things can leave an ugly stain

But every day, I'm young again

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'Cause everyday's a childhood

Oh, everyday's a wild wood

Always learning, always yearning

Oh, everyday's a childhood

Yeah, everyday's a childhood

Oh, everyday's a wild wood

Always learning, always yearning

Oh, everyday's a childhood