boy,
do you know
That worms turn into butterflies?
Do you know how long it takes
a little bird to learn to fly?
Do you know why grown -up
people are born children first?
Do you know why heaven sees men
to make flowers cover the earth?
Oh, if you don't,
and until you do,
live a child's life
Cause a child's life
won't be your life very long
Little boy, haven't you heard
That it's no fun to be grown up
Do you know, to be a man
In this world's a game so rough
Can you give up all the good things
When your mom affords you
If the world were counting on ya
Won't you know what to do?
If you don't, and until you do
Live a child's life
Cause a child's life
Won't be your whole life
Very long, no
Oh, I know all the people who would
Gladly change places with you
They would give up all their years
To run barefoot through the morning dew
Can you give up all the good things
being young affords you?
If the world were counting on you,
would you know what to do?
If you don't, and until you do,
live a child's life
Cause a child's life
won't be your whole life
Very long, long, long
Child's life won't
be your whole life
Very long
Stayin' in the way
Stayin' in the way
If you see a little boy, you see a child
It's very hard to be a man
In this world it's hard to be a man