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

Whoever makes the summer bloom

When I grow up I want to be like you

I thought "I love all the things you do -

so when I grow up I want to 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

Everyday's a childhood, 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 love

And I remember where l'm from

So I'll keep singing beauty's song

That is where my heart belongs

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

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

Then mercy seasons growing pains

Yeah things can leave an ugly stain

But everyday l'm young again

Everyday's a childhood, everyday's a wild wood

Always learning, always yearning

Everyday's a childhood

Everyday's a childhood, everyday's a wild wood

Always learning, always yearning

Everyday's a childhood