I remember when I was a kid I used to play outside
The sky was always blue and I'd have the sunshine, sunshine
But nowadays you see, I cannot go back, no I can't, no I can't
When you're a grown-up everything is grey and sad, yes it is

But that's why I have to remember,
Have to remember, have to remember
What it's like to be a child

I gotta be a child now

I'm playing with my tools and I'm playing with my cars
But I don't understand war so far
Too young to die, too old to live
In imagination, in imagination, time for creation
In my imagination, yeah

That's why I have to remember,
Have to remember, have to remember
What it's like to be, no no

Well I'm a child now
And he's a child too
Cause I'm a child now
What about you
But I'm a child now
And he's a child too, yea
Cause I'm a child now
And what about you
What about you

That's why I have to remember,
Have to remember, have to remember

I gotta be a child, gotta be a child, gotta be
[repeat til end]