Looking Back

Key: G


When I was a child and dreamed of the time
that we would be grown ups
like dad and ma to be telling kids
what they were allowed to do
It seemed so long a time to go
and time was passing very slow
the very thought of being grown
to be part of a world unknown
put a spell on my soul

the things we do when we are small
are not on our account
our parents did stand in for us
and they took all the blame
but for the privilege we paid
rules have nested in our head
to take away a single one
to change a bit another one
takes all the time that's left

now being grown and married myself
and children of my own
I look back on my childhood
what's lost and what is won
it seems so long a time ago
and time was passing very slow
the very thought of being small
not to be grown up at all
puts a spell on my soul


© Gerbrand R. Heijnis
1983