Just a few short years ago

I played a lot with Bill and Joe

They seemed to think that I was quite a guy

I could climb the highest tree

And they would always follow me

We had friendship I thought would never die



Then I changed from tomboy girl

And grew into a woman's world

And moved away, leaving my old friends

Now I'm miles and years away

But I still dream of childhood days

And I wish I was a little girl again



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Cause girls grow into women

And boys grow into men

And the world of make believe

All too soon must end

And I blame that awful change

For the shape my life is in

How I wish I was a little girl again



I married someone they don't know

And socially they're far below

The kind of life that I now live with him

The man I married is cold to me

For all his wealth he just can't see

That love cannot be bought you have to give



I wish I'd married one of them

Instead of being here with him

If I could leave right now I think I'd go

I'd trade this mansion I hate so

For a small treehouse with Bill or Joe

I wish I was a little girl again



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