Constancy - The Child Inside lyrics

Pirates and cowboys, popguns and cheap toys Out in the tree house we made all kinds of noise Where I would find a new trap door in mind And with all spare time I'd leave the world behind Grass stains on blue jeans, float away in the tire swing Watch rollie pollies curl up like tiny beads And I would think “What a giant I must seem” But a friend I would be to all the smaller things Oh how the days go by, growing older now I wish I could close my eyes and turn back time… Don't you miss all the days of a younger child? Living audaciously without a care or fragment of doubt? So go onward, you're a youthful soul To the land of make believe, pretending, and daydreams Cause that's the only place you'll find the child inside Band-aids and cartoons, tooth fairies and apple juice Down at the park one day I'd get mud on my brand new shoes And mom would say, “Son, how'd they get that way?” And I would reply, “They'd have got dirty soon anyway” Blue eyes and blonde hairs, spankins and teddy bears I'd wrestle my brother ten thousand times a year And we would fight, we'd kick, we'd scratch and bite But by the end of the night, we'd hug and make it right Oh how the days go by, growing older now I wish I could close my eyes and turn back time Oh how the days go by, growing older still Watching the years pass too and then it's through Don't you miss all the days of a younger child? Living audaciously without a care or fragment of doubt? So go onward, you're a youthful soul To the land of make believe, pretending, and daydreams So go onward, you're a youthful soul Open up that mind of yours; let imagination take control