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some say we lose them as we grow old saycherish we loseinnocence them as we old but i some want to as igrow would
but i want to innocence as i would a gold necklace in cherish a jewelry box, a goldspinning necklacetoinaasweet jewelry box, a ballerina tune its ballerina spinning to a sweet tune
i remember i remember dancing at dawn in my old front lawn,
dancing at dawn in my old front lawn, my children’s place nightgown myinchildren’s placesun nightgown shining the morning in the morning with shining not a care in the world.sun withthis notworld a care in the world. why did whyto did turn out bethis so world cruel? turn out to be so cruel?
“someday i wanna be a cool teenager,” “someday i wanna bediary. a cool teenager,” that young girl said in her thattimes younghave girl said in her diary. oh, how changed. oh, how times have changed. fireflies at dusk porchfireflies lights at dusk
lights and aporch summer breeze and a summer let me have it again.breeze letstay. me have it again. please please stay.
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