A childhood is private wonderland
A childhood is all the things you planned
A childhood, where all your dreams come true
And no one can be blue

Yes, a childhood is today's tomorrow, you know
A childhood, there is no seed of sorrow
A childhood, you just linger and laugh along the path

Yes, a childhood is like the pages from
A beautiful story book
That speaks of love and joy wherever you look

So, please forgive me if i am sentimental

But my childhood still haunts my memory
My childhood was wrapped in sympathy
My childhood was like an empty prayer with no one to care

Oh, my childhood was sorrow running wild
My childhood, chasing an unknown smile
My childhood, crying all night long until the dawn

Wow, my childhood faded with no caress
Ended down with no tenderness
Has known so many days and nights wandering alone

But still i hold my head up high and sing

Yeah Lord, won't you free my mind, make me strong to carry on each day