There was a time I recall
   We played in the sunshine one and all
   Time of our lives when we were small
   Young and full of heart
   Somewhere along the weary way
   Tenderness leaves the games we play
   Pain is too high a price to pay
   And so we drift apart
  
   I long for naivety and purity of heart
   I wish I'd never left
   The comfort of my mothers love
   I wish I could go home
  
   Don't wanna grow old
   Don't wanna grow up at all
   And I don't want the world to die
  
   Sometimes I think the best has gone
   When you look around at what we've done
   To persecute all we're living on
   Fear the rising tide
   When we were children we would run
   Knowing that there could be someone
   To keep us from all that could go wrong
   Now we face our lives
  
   I pray for humanity and clarity of thought
   I wish we
   Never hurt the feelings of this mother earth
   I wish somebody cared
  
   Don't wanna grow old
   Don't wanna grow up at all
   And I don't want the world to die
   And I don't want the world to die