Childhood

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   Everyday's a childhood
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  Everyday's a wild wood
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Always learning, always yearning
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  Everyday's a childhood

[Verse 1]
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Sun in my eyes, spring in my nose
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You asked what I remember most
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Songs she sung by my cradle side
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Father taught me to be kind
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Before I learned the world was hard
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Beneath the plum tree in the yard
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Thinking, first life blossoms and then it fruits
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Thought, "Even earth tastes pretty good"

[Break]
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Mmmmmmmmmmm
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Mnmmmmmmmmm

[Verse 2]
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Whoever makes the summer bloom
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When I grow up, I wanna be like you
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I thought, "I love all the things you do
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"So when I grow up, I wanna be like you"
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But you told me of the cuckoo bird
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Who takes the song birds from their nests
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And steals their tune before it's heard
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Now I know that sums up life the best
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[Chorus]
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'Cause everyday's a childhood
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Oh, everyday's a wild wood
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Always learning,   always yearning
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   Everyday's a childhood

[Verse 3]
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   Trouble turns up at your door
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Posts you heartbreak letters
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The next thing you know, you've realised
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You've never been much better
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But I remember what I loved
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I remember where I'm from
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And I'll keep singing beauty's song
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That is where my heart belongs
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[Chorus]
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'Cause everyday's a childhood
G            D            
Oh, everyday's a wild wood
       Em                 C        
Always learning,   always yearning
G           D            
   Everyday's a childhood


[Verse 4]
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When everything was all brand new
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That innocence of childhood
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Oh, the gentle spell that loved me well
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Before the cuckoo rang the bell
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[Break]
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Mmmmmmmmmmm
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Mnmmmmmmmmm

[Verse 5]
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Well, if love's the sun and truth's the rain
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Then mercy seasons growing pains
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Well, things can leave an ugly stain
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But every day, I'm young again
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[Chorus]
Em              C            
'Cause everyday's a childhood
G            D            
Oh, everyday's a wild wood
       Em                 C        
Always learning,   always yearning
G            D            
Oh, everyday's a childhood
Em             C            
Yeah, everyday's a childhood
G            D            
Oh, everyday's a wild wood
       Em                 C        
Always learning,   always yearning
G            D             
Oh, everyday's a childhood

[Outro]
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Mmmmmmmmmmm
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Mnmmmmmmmmm
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Mmmmmmmmmmm
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