Remember all those years ago playing in the sand
Hide and Seek, skipping stones, even Kick the can
Stay out late at night to play and just to have some fun
Try breaking almost all the rules and do it one by one

Barbie Dolls and G.I. Joes and all those other toys
When girls would only play with girls and boys with other boys
Thank God we never knew about what troubles lay ahead
So we could fall asleep each night and dream of dreams instead

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I’d give up all I have to just turn back the hands of time
To live those special moments I left so far behind
When worries were for grown-ups, not for those in Neverland
Where dreams were just as real as imaginary friends

The magic of those moments were lost amongst the play
‘Cause make-believe was something that we lived with every day
We never knew the limits of what could and couldn’t be
So we’d slay the dragons, save the world, conquer all we’d see

But fairy tales and dreams-come-true were never meant to be
Soon we learned about the world and its reality
I’m sure throughout the years there were some good times with the bad
But as I reminisce I yearn for only what I had

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Sometimes we thought we had it rough, I’m sure that many did
Who liked the rules to go to school and when to go bed
But I’d gladly face the Boogie-man to live those memories
Of “Once-upon-a-time” in all the lands of make-believe

When all is said and done we count our scars and all our tears
Who wouldn’t want a second chance to live their younger years
To never know the pain that only “lost at love” could bring
How many truly would insist they wouldn’t change a thing

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