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