"When I Was A Child"
                                          by Earl Wilson, Jr.

When I was a child
I thought as a child
Did childish things
I had my very favorite toys
My soldiers and my kings
I loved to wear my soldier suit
And my shinny wooden gun
And my mother would come and take me home
When my play was done

When I became a man
I put my toys away
And did what had to be done
I got a brand new soldier suit
And a shiny wooden gun
And I learned to play a different game
With boys too soon make men
And I wish my mother could see me now
And take me home again

If we were all still children
Only playing war
How easy it would be
To end it all
By saying I don't want to play anymore.