[Words: John Brenner]



How many years ago, I dreamed of simple goals

But life's so complicated now

A child at heart, a man in soul

I still dream the same dreams

Not too long ago - you were young, pure as snow

Untouched by life's pressures

Not more lovely than full of life

And of the hopes of the future



How many people do you know

Who've grown up overnight

Thrust into competing for no prize

No gold at the end of the rainbow

Because anti-septic truths and unimportant views

Have dimmed the true meaning of youth

I wish I could save you from my fate

And preserve your innocence forever



Ignorance to knowledge

Adolescent to mature

overnight

Dreams to reality

Youth to old age

all too soon



Why can't I save you

from the pain of growing up,

the pressures of your peers

Why can't I help you

fight the evils of the world

the sins of casual pleasure